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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- New Earswick
- Minster Library
- Royal Station Hotel
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York Bombed
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Norman Minster
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- View from Station Rise
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Garrison
- King Edward III and York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window