Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York's Coat of Arms
- A New Vision For York
- York and the Holocaust
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Sixties York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- View from Station Rise
- The Mansion House
- York Bombed
- The Abbot's House