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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of the God Mars
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Anglian Carving
- A New Walk
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Cinema Comes to York
- Margaret Clitherow
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Victoria Bar
- Viking Coins
- Second World War York
- Feeding Roman York
- Church of St Helen
- Viking Male Grooming
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Norman Minster