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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- Victoria Bar
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Norman Castle
- Statue of Napoleon
- St Crux's Church
- The Mystery Plays
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The York Helmet
- Barley Hall
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Viking Coins
- York's first historian: Francis Drake