Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Roman Head Pot
- Gold Arm Ring
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Norman House
- The Hospitium
- St Crux's Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The White Rose of York
- Fairfax House
- Transport Moves On
- New Shopping Centres
- The End of the Abbey
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning