Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Fishergate Bar
- The Norman House
- The First Railway Station
- Statue of Napoleon
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Guildhall
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Norman Minster
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Holy Trinity Church
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Is York Cursed?
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The End of the Abbey