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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Second World War York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Gold Finger Ring
- The George Fox Incident
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York Garrison
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Anglian Carving
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The York Hoard
- Bootham School
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Amber Bead Workshop
- 62 Low Petergate