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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Jubbergate
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Alcuin of York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Cawood Sword
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- King Edward III and York
- Teaching the Poor
- The George Fox Incident
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The End of the Abbey
- Central Methodist Chapel
- 62 Low Petergate
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior