Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Holy Trinity Church
- Margaret Clitherow
- Cinema Comes to York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The George Fox Incident
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Monk Bar
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries