Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The 1190 Massacre
- Second World War York
- Rowntree Park
- York Central Library
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The George Fox Incident
- Church of St Helen
- Norman Window Frame
- The Black Death
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York Bombed