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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York Union Gas Works
- The Multangular Tower
- First World War Memorial
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Silver Strap Ends
- The White Rose of York
- Rowntree Park
- Bootham Bar
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Margaret Clitherow
- Guy Fawkes
- The Norman House
- New Earswick
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom