Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Female Prison
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York Railway Station
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Sixties York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Margaret Clitherow
- The New Theatre
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Retreat