Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Fishergate Bar
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Statue of an Athlete
- Gold Finger Ring
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Feeding Roman York
- York Union Gas Works