Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Is York Cursed?
- The Greyfriars
- Statue of the God Mars
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- A Pipkin
- Fishergate Bar
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Lendal Bridge
- York Castle Museum