Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- Yorkshire Museum
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Church of St Olave
- York Central Library
- Barley Hall
- The White Rose of York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- New Earswick
- Bootham School
- The New Theatre
- First World War York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Jewbury Cemetery