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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Red Tower
- Anglian Carving
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York's Coat of Arms
- Is York Cursed?
- Ripon College for Women
- Middleham Jewel
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Inscription to Hecules
- Stonegate
- Olive Oil Container
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Alcuin of York
- Military Belt Fitting