Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Central Library
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Assembly Rooms
- York Castle Museum
- Judges Lodging
- The Council of Arles
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bronze weights
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bone Trial Piece