Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Guy Fawkes
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Medieval Castle
- York Railway Station
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Lendal Bridge
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- King Edward III and York
- The Horn of Ulf
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Railway Institute
- 62 Low Petergate
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Hospitium