Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- New Shopping Centres
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Micklegate Bar
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Anglian Cross
- The Hospitium
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- King Richard II and York
- A New Walk
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- William Etty, Artist