Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Railway Institute
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Hospitium
- St Crux's Church
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The End of the Abbey
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Retreat
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop