Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bone Trial Piece
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Medieval Abbey
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The 1190 Massacre
- John Carr - Architect
- First World War York
- Fairfax House
- Margaret Clitherow
- Sixties York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- First World War Memorial
- The Norman Castle
- The Roman Fortress
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions