Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Sixties York
- Transport Moves On
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Mansion House
- Ouse Bridge
- York Castle Museum
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The 1190 Massacre
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Red Tower
- Anglian Cross