Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Church of St Helen
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Transport Moves On
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's Airfield
- Ripon College for Women
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Norman Abbey
- Judges Lodging
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Crest of York St John College
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Retreat
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Rebuilt in Stone