Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- Transport Moves On
- Bronze weights
- The Council of Arles
- The First Railway Station
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Gold Finger Ring
- St Crux's Church
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York and the Holocaust
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Crest of York St John College
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Holy Trinity Church
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Assembly Rooms
- Archbishop Scrope Executed