Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Hospitium
- Military Belt Fitting
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Sixties York
- Medieval Prisons
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Battle of the Standard
- George Leeman
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Debtors' Prison
- Yorkshire Museum
- Statue of Napoleon
- Alcuin of York