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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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Walmgate Bar
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Anglian Carving
- John Carr - Architect
- The Roman Fortress
- Viking Boot
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Multangular Tower
- York and the Holocaust
- Sixties York
- Silver Strap Ends
- Ripon College for Women
- York Central Library
- Skeldergate Bridge