Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Cawood Sword
- New Shopping Centres
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Norman Abbey
- Transport Moves On
- A New University
- York Railway Station
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Roman Fortress
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York in the fifteenth Century
- 62 Low Petergate
- Feeding Roman York