Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- Teaching the Poor
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- A Pipkin
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The New Theatre
- Bronze weights
- King Edward II and York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- A New Walk
- King Edward III and York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Railway Institute
- Barley Hall