Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The White Rose of York
- Sixties York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Eric Bloodaxe
- King Edward III and York
- Victoria Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Bar Convent
- York Castle Museum
- Ouse Bridge