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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- The First Railway Station
- The York Helmet
- The New Theatre
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York Bombed
- York Garrison
- Teaching the Poor
- The Hospitium
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Anglian Cross
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Battle of the Standard
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York and the Holocaust
- King Edward II and York