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 Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- John Carr - Architect
- Fairfax House
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The York Helmet
- The Black Death
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Female Prison
- Yorkshire Museum
- York Castle Museum
- Inscription to Hecules
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and the Holocaust
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Roman Chimney Pot