Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- St Crux's Church
- Victoria Bar
- The Medieval Abbey
- Medieval Prisons
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- King Richard III and York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Clifford's Tower
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Holy Trinity Church
- York Castle Museum
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York Union Gas Works
- The Norman Minster