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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Mystery Plays
- York and the Holocaust
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Feeding Roman York
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Minster Library
- Bootham Bar
- The Medieval Castle