Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Margaret Clitherow
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Anglian Carving
- The Horn of Ulf
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Constantius Chlorus
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- First World War York
- A New University
- Military Belt Fitting
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The George Fox Incident
- Teaching the Poor
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Black Death
- Lendal Tower