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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- St Crux's Church
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- George Leeman
- Mary Ward
- The Roman Fortress
- The Battle of the Standard
- York Art Gallery
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Minster Library
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Medieval Abbey
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters