Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Art Gallery
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York Railway Station
- The First Railway Station
- Ripon College for Women
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Barley Hall
- Fire in the Minster
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Fairfax House
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Margaret Clitherow
- St Crux's Church
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Anglian Carving