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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Norman House
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bootham School
- York Union Gas Works
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Scarborough Bridge
- Walmgate Bar
- Viking Coins
- The Basilica
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Treasurer's House
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Anglian Hanging Bowl