Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Medieval Minster
- Clifford's Tower
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Lendal Bridge
- Dick Turpin
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Alcuin of York
- York's Coat of Arms
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Central Library
- The Red Tower
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St Columba's United Reformed Church