Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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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 Medieval Abbey
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Art Gallery
- Church of St Helen
- Lendal Bridge
- Transport Moves On
- Alcuin of York
- The Council of Arles
- The Norman Minster
- The Roman Fortress
- The Greyfriars
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of All Saints Pavement