Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Royal Station Hotel
- York Garrison
- Barker Tower
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The White Rose of York
- King Richard III and York
- Guy Fawkes
- The Roman Fortress
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Hospitium
- A Pipkin
- York and the Holocaust
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'