Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Silk Cap
- Ouse Bridge
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Anglian Cross
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Church of St Wilfrid
- A New Vision For York
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Lendal Tower
- York Central Library
- York Railway Station
- Mary Ward
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Micklegate Bar