Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Hospitium
- York Bombed
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Micklegate Bar
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Margaret Clitherow
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The White Rose of York
- York Union Gas Works
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Minster in the 19th Century