Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Cross
- Ouse Bridge
- The Medieval Abbey
- The End of the Abbey
- Minster Library
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Norman Abbey
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Edward I and York
- York and the Holocaust
- York Bombed
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Norman Castle
- The Mystery Plays
- Yorkshire Museum
- Constantius Chlorus
- Scarborough Bridge
- A New University