Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- Gold Finger Ring
- View from Station Rise
- The Female Prison
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The George Fox Incident
- Ripon College for Women
- The End of the Abbey
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Bar Convent
- The Council of Arles
- Gold Arm Ring
- King Edward II and York
- Barker Tower
- St William's Shrine