Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- New Shopping Centres
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The 1190 Massacre
- The First Railway Station
- 62 Low Petergate
- Rowntree Park
- Sixties York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- King Richard III and York
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Minster Library
- Anglian Carving
- Middleham Jewel
- York Bombed
- Military Belt Fitting