Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Norman Abbey
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Medieval Prisons
- York Castle Museum
- The York Observatory
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Retreat
- The Medieval Minster
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Victoria Bar
- The Norman Minster
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions