Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- Viking Coins
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York's Coat of Arms
- Anglian Cross
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The End of the Abbey
- New Earswick
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- King Edward I and York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Horn of Ulf
- A New University
- Church of St Helen
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Eric Bloodaxe