Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- The Mystery Plays
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The York Observatory
- King Richard II and York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Gold Finger Ring
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York's Coat of Arms
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Norman Minster
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- New Shopping Centres