Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- York Union Gas Works
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Teaching the Poor
- Bootham School
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The End of the Abbey
- Fire in the Minster
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Medieval Castle
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York's Airfield
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse