Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- The Norman House
- The Assembly Rooms
- The County Court House
- Silver Strap Ends
- St Crux's Church
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Our Lady's Row
- Crest of York St John College
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Silk Cap
- The York Helmet
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Battle of the Standard
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Council of Arles
- The White Rose of York