Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Assembly Rooms
- Medieval Prisons
- Second World War York
- Our Lady's Row
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Roman Head Pot
- The Greyfriars
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Transport Moves On
- The Norman Abbey
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bones of a Roman Combatant