Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Central Library
- Statue of an Athlete
- The County Court House
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bronze weights
- The Bar Convent
- The White Rose of York
- Is York Cursed?
- A New Walk
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Scarborough Bridge
- Ouse Bridge
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Multangular Tower
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop