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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- York Railway Station
- John Carr - Architect
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- New Earswick
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bone Trial Piece
- The End of the Abbey
- Anglian Carving
- Treasurer's House
- Stonegate
- Lendal Tower
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Fishergate Bar
- The Medieval Abbey
- York and the Holocaust