Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Barker Tower
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York's Airfield
- Anglian Cross
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Garrison
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Viking Male Grooming
- The New Theatre
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Middleham Jewel
- The Norman Castle
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Royal Station Hotel
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'