Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Bar Convent
- Walmgate Bar
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Norman Abbey
- Bootham Bar
- Bone Trial Piece
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Black Death
- The Hospitium
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Tombstone of Julia Velva