Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Jubbergate
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Ripon College for Women
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Statue of Napoleon
- Is York Cursed?
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Inscription to Hecules
- Transport Moves On
- The Guildhall
- The York Hoard