Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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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.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Judges Lodging
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Monk Bar
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Abbot's House
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- A New University
- Ouse Bridge
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Medieval Castle