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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Union Gas Works
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bootham Bar
- The Medieval Minster
- Ripon College for Women
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Barley Hall
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Holy Trinity Church
- New Shopping Centres
- The End of the Abbey
- King Edward II and York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- John Carr - Architect
- Glazed Medieval Jug