Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- The George Fox Incident
- Industrial Upheaval
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Medieval Minster
- The Assembly Rooms
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster after the Reformation
- King Richard II and York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Greyfriars
- The First Railway Station
- George Leeman
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Alcuin of York
- King Richard III and York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom