Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- New Shopping Centres
- The Hospitium
- Monk Bar
- Lendal Tower
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Red Tower
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The New Theatre
- Ripon College for Women
- Rowntree Park
- George Leeman
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The End of the Abbey
- View from Station Rise
- Roman Head Pot