Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Holy Trinity Church
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Roman Fortress
- The Cawood Sword
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- King Richard III and York
- The York Helmet
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Feeding Roman York
- New Shopping Centres
- Clifford's Tower
- Second World War York
- Victoria Bar