Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Anglian Carving
- Church of St Olave
- Monk Bar
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Female Prison
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York