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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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Water Lanes
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The County Court House
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Viking Coins
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York Bombed
- The Norman Minster
- View from Station Rise
- The George Fox Incident
- Fire in the Minster
- The Hospitium
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Middleham Jewel
- Norman Window Frame