Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Black Death
- York and the Holocaust
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Council of Arles
- The First Minster
- York Central Library
- Barker Tower
- George Leeman
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Sixties York
- Monk Bar
- The White Rose of York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Water Lanes