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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- A New Vision For York
- The Guildhall
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- William Etty, Artist
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Rowntree Park
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Our Lady's Row
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Medieval Prisons
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York's Airfield