Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Ouse Bridge
- Military Belt Fitting
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Black Death
- A New Vision For York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Medieval Prisons
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The County Court House
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Constantius Chlorus
- The George Fox Incident
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The York Observatory
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church