Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Church of St Olave
- The First Minster
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St William's Shrine
- View from Station Rise
- The Debtors' Prison
- The County Court House
- Anglian Cross
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Feeding Roman York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York St John in the 20th Century
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy