Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Gold Arm Ring
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Norman Minster
- Central Methodist Chapel
- 62 Low Petergate
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Church of St Helen
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Victorian Prison Building
- A New Vision For York
- The White Rose of York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa