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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Sixties York
- Anglian Carving
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- View from Station Rise
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Water Lanes
- Fairfax House
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Inscription to Hecules
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Norman Abbey
- Feeding Roman York