Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Assembly Rooms
- St William's Shrine
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Anglian Cross
- Rowntree Park
- The Railway Institute
- The New Theatre
- York Castle Museum
- Medieval Prisons
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Art Gallery
- The George Fox Incident
- Gold Finger Ring