Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- Royal Station Hotel
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Red Tower
- The Assembly Rooms
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Church of St Helen
- The York Hoard
- Victoria Bar
- York Castle Museum
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Railway Institute
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Guildhall
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Second World War York