Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- Barker Tower
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Viking Silk Cap
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Medieval Minster
- First World War Memorial
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Sixties York
- The Medieval Castle
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries