Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Sixties York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bronze weights
- York and the Holocaust
- Mary Ward
- The White Rose of York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Assembly Rooms
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York