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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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Sixties York
- The Female Prison
- The Railway Institute
- New Shopping Centres
- Roman Head Pot
- Silver Strap Ends
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- A New Walk
- John Carr - Architect
- York Central Library
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King Edward I and York
- Lendal Bridge