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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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York Central Library
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Medieval Castle
- The Railway Institute
- New Earswick
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Horn of Ulf
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Dick Turpin
- York Castle Museum
- Gold Finger Ring
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York St John in the 20th Century