Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Coat of Arms
- Stonegate
- The First Railway Station
- St Crux's Church
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Norman House
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Bar Convent
- Military Belt Fitting
- Church of St Helen
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Female Prison
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Battle of Marston Moor