Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Statue of Napoleon
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Basilica
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Cawood Sword
- Statue of the God Mars
- Our Lady's Row
- The Bar Convent
- Viking Boot
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York's Airfield
- King Edward I and York
- The Guildhall
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Victoria Bar
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- St William's Shrine