Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York Art Gallery
- The Mansion House
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Bar Convent
- Gold Finger Ring
- Church of St Olave
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St Crux's Church
- The Norman Abbey
- George Leeman
- Barker Tower