Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- Bronze weights
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Abbot's House
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Sixties York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Constantius Chlorus
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York Railway Station
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- New Earswick
- Statue of Napoleon