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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Multangular Tower
- First World War Memorial
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Walmgate Bar
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Horn of Ulf
- Sixties York
- A New Walk
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- De Grey Rooms
- York Art Gallery
- Statue of the God Mars
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The York Observatory
- Bones of a Roman Combatant