Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Gold Arm Ring
- Norman Window Frame
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Middleham Jewel
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Council of Arles
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The First Railway Station
- King Richard III and York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- De Grey Rooms
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The New Theatre
- York's first historian: Francis Drake