Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Council of Arles
- Norman Window Frame
- The Norman Abbey
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The White Rose of York
- The Medieval Abbey
- The First Railway Station
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Roman Fortress
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- First World War York
- York's Airfield
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries