Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- St William's Shrine
- Ouse Bridge
- Viking Boot
- Fire in the Minster
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Norman Minster
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York and the Holocaust
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Teaching the Poor
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- John Carr - Architect
- Lendal Bridge
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- First World War Memorial