Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Female Prison
- Viking Boot
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Bar Convent
- Middleham Jewel
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Medieval Castle
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York's Airfield
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The White Rose of York