Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- 62 Low Petergate
- York Bombed
- Bootham Bar
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Anglian Carving
- Barley Hall
- The Basilica
- Barker Tower
- York and the Holocaust
- The First Railway Station
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Plum Cakes for Christmas