Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Viking Silk Cap
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Norman House
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Cinema Comes to York
- Viking Boot
- The Retreat
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York and the Holocaust
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Yorkshire Museum
- York Art Gallery
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Railway Station
- Church of All Saints Pavement