Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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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...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Victoria Bar
- The End of the Abbey
- Industrial Upheaval
- The York Observatory
- The First Railway Station
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Middleham Jewel
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The County Court House
- New Earswick
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Viking Boot
- Bootham School
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'