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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- View from Station Rise
- Vikings and Christianity
- Victoria Bar
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Railway Institute
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York St John in the 20th Century
- De Grey Rooms
- The Minster in the 19th Century