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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- Ouse Bridge
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Middleham Jewel
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Royal Station Hotel
- Dick Turpin
- The Norman House
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- First World War York
- The York Helmet
- Scarborough Bridge
- York's Coat of Arms
- The First Railway Station
- York Bombed
- The Abbot's House
- George Leeman