Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Church of St Olave
- King Edward II and York
- The Basilica
- George Leeman
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The End of the Abbey
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The First Minster
- Gold Finger Ring
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Edward I and York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Council of Arles
- Ouse Bridge
- Statue of an Athlete