Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- Treasurer's House
- Norman Window Frame
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Military Belt Fitting
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- King's Manor - Victorian
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Multangular Tower
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bootham School
- York Union Gas Works
- Micklegate Bar
- A New University
- Bronze weights