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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bone Trial Piece
- View from Station Rise
- The First Railway Station
- Middleham Jewel
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Medieval Prisons
- Margaret Clitherow
- Cinema Comes to York
- Fishergate Bar
- York Bombed
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Medieval Castle
- The Pilgrimage of Grace