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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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Viking Coins
- Ouse Bridge
- Gold Arm Ring
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- View from Station Rise
- The Retreat
- The Council of Arles
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The York Hoard
- Cinema Comes to York
- The County Court House
- Church of All Saints Pavement