Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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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...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Church of St Helen
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Anglian Cross
- New Shopping Centres
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Railway Institute
- The Mystery Plays
- St William's Shrine
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Abbot's House
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Margaret Clitherow
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Monk Bar