Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Mary Ward
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- George Leeman
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York and the Holocaust
- The Horn of Ulf
- The First Minster
- Statue of Napoleon
- Rowntree Park
- A Pipkin
- Jubbergate
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Hospitium
- The Battle of the Standard
- King Edward III and York
- York Railway Station