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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Scarborough Bridge
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- A New Vision For York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Feeding Roman York
- Is York Cursed?
- Yorkshire Museum
- King Richard III and York
- The Red Tower
- Fairfax House
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Teaching the Poor
- Church of St Olave
- The Hospitium
- Statue of the God Mars
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York