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 End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- Church of St Olave
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Middleham Jewel
- The Medieval Minster
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Olive Oil Container
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- King Edward II and York
- New Shopping Centres
- Teaching the Poor
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Fishergate Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Minster in Viking Times