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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- The Medieval Minster
- Viking Boot
- New Shopping Centres
- New Earswick
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The 1190 Massacre
- King Richard III and York
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Walmgate Bar
- York Art Gallery
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Retreat
- The Female Prison
- The Council of Arles
- Second World War York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas