Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Retreat
- Guy Fawkes
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Greyfriars
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Stonegate
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York Railway Station
- The Black Death
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Mary Ward
- Holy Trinity Church
- Middleham Jewel