Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Minster Library
- Anglian Carving
- Bronze weights
- King Edward II and York
- York's Coat of Arms
- A New Walk
- Viking Silk Cap
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The White Rose of York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Norman Castle
- Church of St Olave
- Fairfax House
- First World War York