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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York Bombed
- Statue of an Athlete
- The First Railway Station
- The Debtors' Prison
- The County Court House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bone Trial Piece
- First World War Memorial
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Industrial Upheaval
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- View from Station Rise
- King Richard II and York