Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Cinema Comes to York
- Bootham Bar
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Transport Moves On
- The Roman Fortress
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Middleham Jewel
- A Pipkin
- Micklegate Bar
- Viking Male Grooming
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Barley Hall