Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- New Shopping Centres
- Is York Cursed?
- William Etty, Artist
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- A New Vision For York
- The New Theatre
- The Shambles
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Council of Arles
- Jewbury Cemetery
- St Leonard's Hospital