Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- Margaret Clitherow
- York Art Gallery
- Norman Window Frame
- Bone Trial Piece
- The 1190 Massacre
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Red Tower
- Lendal Bridge
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Viking Boot