Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- A New Walk
- Feeding Roman York
- Clifford's Tower
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Gold Finger Ring
- The 1190 Massacre
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Viking Boot
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Monk Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bootham School
- Transport Moves On