Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- A New University
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Middleham Jewel
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Our Lady's Row
- Silver Strap Ends
- The New Theatre
- York Central Library
- View from Station Rise
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop