Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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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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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Mary Ward
- The New Theatre
- Bronze weights
- Norman Window Frame
- Fire in the Minster
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Feeding Roman York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Micklegate Bar
- King Edward II and York
- The Red Tower