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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Mystery Plays
- York's Airfield
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Central Methodist Chapel
- King Richard III and York
- 62 Low Petergate
- Statue of an Athlete
- Water Lanes
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Art Gallery
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- View from Station Rise
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Feeding Roman York