Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York Art Gallery
- New Shopping Centres
- Bronze weights
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Jewbury Cemetery
- First World War Memorial
- The Norman Castle
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Dick Turpin
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Micklegate Bar
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Is York Cursed?
- The Abbot's House