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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Alcuin of York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- King Edward II and York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Rowntree Park
- York Garrison
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Judges Lodging
- The Debtors' Prison
- The York Observatory
- Medieval Prisons