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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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Norman Abbey
- York Central Library
- The Hospitium
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Military Belt Fitting
- York and the Holocaust
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King Edward II and York
- The White Rose of York
- Gold Finger Ring
- The New Theatre
- The Norman House
- New Earswick
- Our Lady's Row