Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- A Pipkin
- The Black Death
- George Leeman
- All Saints Church, North Street
- A New Walk
- The Cawood Sword
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- King Richard II and York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- View from Station Rise
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Second World War York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- John Carr - Architect
- Statue of Napoleon