Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Our Lady's Row
- First World War York
- The Debtors' Prison
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York and the Holocaust
- Fairfax House
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The George Fox Incident
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Guy Fawkes
- Fishergate Bar
- The Abbot's House
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Water Lanes
- Barker Tower
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop