Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Yorkshire Museum
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Guy Fawkes
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Ripon College for Women
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bronze weights
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Cawood Sword
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Art Gallery
- De Grey Rooms
- A New University
- Bootham Bar