Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Medieval Castle
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The York Hoard
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Victoria Bar
- The York Helmet
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Fairfax House
- Alcuin of York
- George Leeman