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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Hospitium
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Silver Strap Ends
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Medieval Castle
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Micklegate Bar
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Yorkshire Museum
- The York Observatory
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Ripon College for Women
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Medieval Abbey