Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- The Black Death
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Medieval Prisons
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Holy Trinity Church
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- King Richard III and York
- Second World War York
- William Etty, Artist
- The Mystery Plays
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York St John in the 20th Century