Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- The Mystery Plays
- Stonegate
- George Leeman
- A Pipkin
- De Grey Rooms
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The York Hoard
- The Black Death
- York Bombed
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Fairfax House
- The Retreat
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse