Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bronze weights
- Dick Turpin
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Jubbergate
- The Railway Institute
- George Leeman
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Margaret Clitherow
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Norman Abbey
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Red Tower
- The Black Death