Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The White Rose of York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Norman Abbey
- The First Railway Station
- York's Coat of Arms
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Ouse Bridge
- Bronze weights
- Statue of an Athlete
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The George Fox Incident
- The Bar Convent
- The Retreat
- Church of St Helen
- Victoria Bar