Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Alcuin of York
- King Edward II and York
- Stonegate
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Mary Ward
- The Council of Arles
- The Norman Minster
- Viking Coins
- Norman Window Frame
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Rebuilt in Stone
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Medieval Chamber Pot