Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- The Multangular Tower
- York Castle Museum
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Horn of Ulf
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Abbot's House
- The White Rose of York
- Anglian Cross
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Is York Cursed?
- William Etty, Artist
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa