Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Minster Library
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Feeding Roman York
- Ripon College for Women
- York Garrison
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Medieval Minster
- Rowntree Park
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bronze weights
- A New University
- Sixties York
- York Bombed
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Second World War York