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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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- The Railway Institute
- Gold Finger Ring
- Norman Window Frame
- Victoria Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The End of the Abbey
- Vikings and Christianity
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York Art Gallery
- The Norman Castle
- York and the Holocaust
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Scarborough Bridge
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Viking Coins
- Dick Turpin