Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Viking Boot
- A New Vision For York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Our Lady's Row
- The Horn of Ulf
- De Grey Rooms
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Inscription to Hecules
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Female Prison
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The York Observatory
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- A New University
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool