Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- St Crux's Church
- Fire in the Minster
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York's Coat of Arms
- George Leeman
- Middleham Jewel
- Viking Boot
- A Pipkin
- Olive Oil Container
- Judges Lodging
- York Art Gallery
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Council of Arles
- The End of the Abbey
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning