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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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- Ripon College for Women
- The Mansion House
- The Norman House
- Vikings and Christianity
- The End of the Abbey
- Industrial Upheaval
- Minster Library
- Barley Hall
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Constantius Chlorus
- York and the Holocaust
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Our Lady's Row
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Statue of the God Mars