Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Basilica
- King Edward III and York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Anglian Carving
- Viking Silk Cap
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Statue of an Athlete