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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Victoria Bar
- The Norman Castle
- Constantius Chlorus
- Alcuin of York
- Rowntree Park
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Military Belt Fitting
- A Pipkin
- Crest of York St John College
- King Richard II and York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The York Observatory
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Roman Fortress
- 62 Low Petergate