Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- New Shopping Centres
- First World War York
- Our Lady's Row
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Viking Sword Pommel
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Debtors' Prison
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York Bombed
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Minster after the Reformation
- A New University