Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Bone Trial Piece
- King Richard II and York
- Guy Fawkes
- Viking Silk Cap
- Crest of York St John College
- York Castle Museum
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Barker Tower
- Dick Turpin
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Gold Arm Ring
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Multangular Tower