Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- York Castle Museum
- Statue of the God Mars
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Barker Tower
- The Female Prison
- View from Station Rise
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of St Olave
- Fishergate Bar