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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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- New Earswick
- The First Railway Station
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Ouse Bridge
- Royal Station Hotel
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Cawood Sword
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Roman Fortress
- Holy Trinity Church
- King Richard II and York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Stonegate
- Walmgate Bar
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Minster in the 19th Century