Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Micklegate Bar
- The Black Death
- Margaret Clitherow
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Anglian Carving
- The Basilica
- York and the Holocaust
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- A New Vision For York
- York Castle Museum
- The Council of Arles
- Sixties York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Silver Strap Ends
- Barker Tower