Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Retreat
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Roman Head Pot
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Abbot's House
- 62 Low Petergate
- Is York Cursed?
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom