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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- Inscription to Hecules
- First World War Memorial
- The Medieval Abbey
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The 1190 Massacre
- Micklegate Bar
- Transport Moves On
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The End of the Abbey
- The Retreat
- Is York Cursed?
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Medieval Minster
- Glazed Medieval Jug