Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Multangular Tower
- The Basilica
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Barker Tower
- The Mansion House
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Ripon College for Women
- King Edward III and York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Lendal Tower
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- A New Vision For York