Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Bombed
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Anglian Carving
- Military Belt Fitting
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Norman Castle
- Daniel Defoe's York
- King Edward I and York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Church of St Olave
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Inscription to Hecules
- Treasurer's House
- The Minster in the 20th Century