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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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Anglian Carving
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Viking Male Grooming
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Battle of the Standard
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Norman Minster
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bootham School
- Minster Library
- Bone Trial Piece
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Lendal Bridge
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York's first historian: Francis Drake