Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Stonegate
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Railway Institute
- Clifford's Tower
- The Female Prison
- The New Theatre
- The Greyfriars
- St William's Shrine
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The White Rose of York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- William Etty, Artist
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Walmgate Bar
- First World War York