Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Jewbury Cemetery
- King Edward I and York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- King Richard III and York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bootham Bar
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Ripon College for Women
- Clifford's Tower
- New Earswick
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Viking Silk Cap
- York's first historian: Francis Drake