Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Middleham Jewel
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Medieval Prisons
- Viking Silk Cap
- King Richard II and York
- York Railway Station
- York Bombed
- Water Lanes
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Minster Library
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Cinema Comes to York