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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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Industrial Upheaval
- King Edward I and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Medieval Prisons
- Margaret Clitherow
- Vikings and Christianity
- Gold Finger Ring
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- First World War Memorial
- Anglian Carving