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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Vikings and Christianity
- The End of the Abbey
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The County Court House
- York's Coat of Arms
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Red Tower
- New Earswick
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Medieval Abbey
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The New Theatre
- Barker Tower