Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- The George Fox Incident
- The End of the Abbey
- A New Vision For York
- Stonegate
- Viking Coins
- Statue of Napoleon
- Alcuin of York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Is York Cursed?
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The First Minster
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Hospitium
- The Female Prison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse