Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Medieval Prisons
- York's Coat of Arms
- Sixties York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- De Grey Rooms
- King's Manor - Victorian
- King Edward II and York
- Holy Trinity Church
- King Edward I and York
- George Leeman
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York Bombed
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Inscription to Hecules