Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York and the Holocaust
- The Hospitium
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- New Earswick
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Anglian Cross
- The York Hoard
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Teaching the Poor
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Minster in the 18th Century