Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Monk Bar
- The York Hoard
- Holy Trinity Church
- The First Minster
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Victoria Bar
- Walmgate Bar
- The Cawood Sword
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Battle of the Standard
- Guy Fawkes
- The Multangular Tower
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels