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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Cawood Sword
- A Pipkin
- York and the Holocaust
- Middleham Jewel
- New Earswick
- Feeding Roman York
- The Retreat
- Yorkshire Museum
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bronze weights
- Sixties York
- Viking Boot
- Lendal Tower
- The White Rose of York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street