Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- Lendal Bridge
- The First Minster
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Crest of York St John College
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Viking Coins
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Bar Convent
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The York Observatory
- Jubbergate
- Fishergate Bar
- The York Helmet
- Second World War York
- Statue of Napoleon