Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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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 Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Anglian Carving
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Bar Convent
- The End of the Abbey
- The Assembly Rooms
- King Richard II and York
- The York Observatory
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Victoria Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Walmgate Bar
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Hospitium
- A Pipkin
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool