Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- The Cawood Sword
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Garrison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Viking Boot
- Statue of an Athlete
- Ripon College for Women
- The York Hoard
- The Black Death
- A New Walk
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Lendal Bridge
- Church of St Helen
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Medieval Minster