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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Sixties York
- The End of the Abbey
- George Leeman
- The Guildhall
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Cawood Sword
- The Norman House
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Fishergate Bar
- The Medieval Abbey
- Fairfax House
- The Retreat
- Gold Arm Ring
- Medieval Prisons
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York's Coat of Arms
- The York Observatory
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers