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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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Multangular Tower
- York and the Holocaust
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York's Airfield
- The Guildhall
- John Carr - Architect
- The York Hoard
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Water Lanes
- A New University
- The Medieval Minster
- King Edward II and York
- Micklegate Bar
- The Norman Abbey
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Crest of York St John College