Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- The Norman Castle
- A New University
- Gold Finger Ring
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Inscription to Hecules
- The White Rose of York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Viking Boot
- Church of St Helen
- Dick Turpin
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Sixties York