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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- The York Helmet
- York Art Gallery
- The Black Death
- York Garrison
- The New Theatre
- Industrial Upheaval
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Water Lanes
- Second World War York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Norman House
- The Norman Abbey
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers