Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- A New Walk
- Viking Male Grooming
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Military Belt Fitting
- Ouse Bridge
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Norman Abbey
- Inscription to Hecules
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street