Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The End of the Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Holy Trinity Church
- Stonegate
- The Multangular Tower
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Mary Ward
- Fire in the Minster
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Water Lanes
- Guy Fawkes
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- First World War Memorial