Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Victoria Bar
- The End of the Abbey
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Art Gallery
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Statue of Napoleon
- King Richard II and York
- De Grey Rooms
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- St Martin Le Grand Church