Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- St Crux's Church
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Feeding Roman York
- The Council of Arles
- The 1190 Massacre
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Black Death
- John Carr - Architect
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- King Richard II and York
- Fishergate Bar
- York Union Gas Works
- Micklegate Bar
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- New Shopping Centres
- A New University
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York