Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- The Norman Abbey
- Is York Cursed?
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Norman House
- Medieval Prisons
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York Union Gas Works
- Church of St Olave
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The York Observatory
- The Roman Fortress
- York Castle Museum
- A New Vision For York