Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Bar Convent
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Middleham Jewel
- The Mystery Plays
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Red Tower
- A New University
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Debtors' Prison
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Basilica
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa