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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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Multangular Tower
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- William Etty, Artist
- The Council of Arles
- Constantius Chlorus
- John Carr - Architect
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York Union Gas Works
- First World War Memorial
- York's Airfield
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Debtors' Prison
- Anglian Carving
- The Minster in Viking Times