Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- Jubbergate
- The Red Tower
- York and the Holocaust
- King Richard III and York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The 1190 Massacre
- Vikings and Christianity
- First World War York
- Sixties York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Our Lady's Row
- Lendal Bridge
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier