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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of an Athlete
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- King Richard III and York
- A Pipkin
- The Multangular Tower
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Barley Hall
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Norman House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Union Gas Works
- The George Fox Incident
- Anglian Burial Vessel