Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Alcuin of York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Medieval Minster
- Gold Finger Ring
- The George Fox Incident
- Second World War York
- Military Belt Fitting
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- New Shopping Centres
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bootham School
- Clifford's Tower
- Treasurer's House
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior