Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- A Pipkin
- Statue of the God Mars
- Is York Cursed?
- The Abbot's House
- The Mansion House
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Shambles
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- William Etty, Artist
- York Railway Station
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bronze weights
- Feeding Roman York
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Council of Arles