Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- King Richard III and York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Mansion House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- A Pipkin
- First World War Memorial
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Mystery Plays
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Anglian Cross
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity