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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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Silver Strap Ends
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Cinema Comes to York
- Viking Male Grooming
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The New Theatre
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York's Coat of Arms
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Mithras and Arimanius
- New Shopping Centres