Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- New Earswick
- Minster Library
- The Bar Convent
- York Railway Station
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Constantius Chlorus
- Stonegate
- George Leeman
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- King Richard II and York
- Micklegate Bar
- Mary Ward