Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The End of the Abbey
- Anglian Carving
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York Railway Station
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- De Grey Rooms
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of St Olave
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bronze weights
- Bootham Bar
- Anglian Cross