Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Horn of Ulf
- Bootham Bar
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York's Airfield
- Bootham School
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Cinema Comes to York
- King Edward II and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The County Court House
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Black Death
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The George Fox Incident
- First World War Memorial
- Is York Cursed?
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool