Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Guy Fawkes
- The Mansion House
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Bombed
- A New Vision For York
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Guildhall
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- King Richard II and York
- Anglian Cross
- Micklegate Bar
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- St Martin Le Grand Church