Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Olive Oil Container
- Mary Ward
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The York Hoard
- Gold Arm Ring
- Sixties York
- The York Helmet
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- A New Walk
- York Castle Museum
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Fire in the Minster
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Bombed
- Water Lanes
- Archbishop Scrope Executed