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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Roman Fortress
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Margaret Clitherow
- De Grey Rooms
- Viking Coins
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Red Tower
- 62 Low Petergate
- York Bombed
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Rebuilt in Stone
- King Edward II and York
- Teaching the Poor
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Clifford's Tower