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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of the God Mars
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Scarborough Bridge
- York Bombed
- King Edward I and York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Norman Minster
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Female Prison
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Minster in the 19th Century