Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- St William's Shrine
- A New Walk
- The Black Death
- Lendal Bridge
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Abbot's House
- Central Methodist Chapel
- King Edward II and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York Union Gas Works
- The Shambles
- The Multangular Tower
- Bootham Bar
- The Norman Abbey
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York