Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- The Multangular Tower
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Mary Ward
- Anglian Carving
- King Richard II and York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Railway Station
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Debtors' Prison
- Viking Silk Cap
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York Bombed
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Scarborough Bridge