Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Victoria Bar
- The York Hoard
- Viking Coins
- York Central Library
- Judges Lodging
- Inscription to Hecules
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Water Lanes
- Crest of York St John College
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Greyfriars
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- New Shopping Centres
- King Richard III and York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church