Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- The End of the Abbey
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bronze weights
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Norman Castle
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Sixties York
- Middleham Jewel
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York and the Holocaust
- Olive Oil Container
- The Hospitium