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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- 62 Low Petergate
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Norman Window Frame
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Statue of Napoleon
- Water Lanes
- York Garrison
- The Medieval Castle
- Transport Moves On
- St William's Shrine
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Lendal Tower
- The Retreat
- Rowntree Park