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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Viking Silk Cap
- Fishergate Bar
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Roman Head Pot
- Middleham Jewel
- York Bombed
- The Debtors' Prison
- Mary Ward
- The First Railway Station
- Viking Coins
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Abbot's House
- De Grey Rooms
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning