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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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- A New Walk
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Guildhall
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Inscription to Hecules
- Royal Station Hotel
- Clifford's Tower
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Is York Cursed?
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Fire in the Minster