Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- John Carr - Architect
- The York Helmet
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York Central Library
- Viking Coins
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Constantius Chlorus
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A New Walk
- Crest of York St John College
- Statue of Napoleon
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Retreat
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Lendal Bridge