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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Mary Ward
- York Union Gas Works
- Clifford's Tower
- The New Theatre
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Our Lady's Row
- First World War Memorial
- Monk Bar
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Railway Institute
- The Red Tower
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop