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 Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- New Shopping Centres
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Military Belt Fitting
- York Castle Museum
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- A New Walk
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bone Trial Piece
- York and the Holocaust
- Stonegate
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Norman Minster
- Cinema Comes to York
- The George Fox Incident
- Bones of a Roman Combatant