Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Abbot's House
- Statue of the God Mars
- Fire in the Minster
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Railway Institute
- The Debtors' Prison
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York and the Holocaust
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bootham Bar
- Walmgate Bar
- The York Observatory
- Yorkshire Museum
- Norman Window Frame
- Dick Turpin
- Is York Cursed?
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers