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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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Railway Institute
- New Earswick
- The Red Tower
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Mary Ward
- Rowntree Park
- The End of the Abbey
- Second World War York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The County Court House
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Medieval Minster
- York's Airfield
- Scarborough Bridge
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries