Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Clifford's Tower
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bone Trial Piece
- George Leeman
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Shambles
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Roman Fortress
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York's Airfield
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- William Etty, Artist
- Micklegate Bar