Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Medieval Abbey
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Statue of the God Mars
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Viking Silk Cap
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York and the Holocaust
- Royal Station Hotel
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Teaching the Poor
- Victoria Bar
- The Cawood Sword
- York in the fifteenth Century