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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Industrial Upheaval
- King Edward I and York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- 62 Low Petergate
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Norman Window Frame
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Viking Boot
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Assembly Rooms