Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Is York Cursed?
- Walmgate Bar
- York Bombed
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Statue of an Athlete
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- George Leeman
- View from Station Rise
- The Mansion House
- The York Helmet
- John Carr - Architect
- York and the Holocaust
- The Debtors' Prison