Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Ripon College for Women
- The Bar Convent
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The First Railway Station
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Greyfriars
- Minster Library
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- New Shopping Centres
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bootham School
- Inscription to Hecules
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Battle of the Standard