Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- De Grey Rooms
- St Crux's Church
- Crest of York St John College
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Teaching the Poor
- Viking Sword Pommel
- A Pipkin
- The Roman Fortress
- The Cawood Sword
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Ouse Bridge
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Viking Silk Cap