Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Viking Silk Cap
- St William's Shrine
- Water Lanes
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Church of St Olave
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Yorkshire Museum
- The 1190 Massacre
- William Etty, Artist
- A New Vision For York
- Bronze weights
- Middleham Jewel
- The York Hoard
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Anglian Carving