Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Battle of the Standard
- Central Methodist Chapel
- New Earswick
- The Cawood Sword
- The Bar Convent
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Judges Lodging
- The White Rose of York
- William Etty, Artist
- St Crux's Church
- New Shopping Centres
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze weights
- The George Fox Incident
- York Bombed