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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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York Bombed
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Our Lady's Row
- A Pipkin
- Cinema Comes to York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- New Earswick
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Rowntree Park
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Transport Moves On