Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Retreat
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The York Observatory
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The End of the Abbey
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York's Airfield
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Anglian Burial Vessel