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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Black Death
- The Medieval Castle
- York's Coat of Arms
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St William's Shrine
- Mary Ward
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Fire in the Minster
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Lendal Tower
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity