Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- The White Rose of York
- A New University
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The County Court House
- York Garrison
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Teaching the Poor
- Bone Trial Piece
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Female Prison
- Yorkshire Museum
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom