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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- Our Lady's Row
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Guy Fawkes
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Is York Cursed?
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Mary Ward
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Silver Strap Ends
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Statue of an Athlete
- Church of St Helen