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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Church of St Olave
- 62 Low Petergate
- Ripon College for Women
- The Guildhall
- York's Coat of Arms
- King Richard III and York
- The Medieval Abbey
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Guy Fawkes
- The New Theatre
- The Norman Abbey
- The Debtors' Prison
- Roman Head Pot
- Roman Chimney Pot