Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Victoria Bar
- The York Hoard
- Church of St Helen
- First World War York
- The Medieval Castle
- York Union Gas Works
- The York Helmet
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Ouse Bridge
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Basilica
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Norman House