Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Scarborough Bridge
- Viking Coins
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Guildhall
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Shambles
- Statue of an Athlete
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- A New Vision For York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- New Earswick
- Rowntree Park
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate