Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Second World War York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Guy Fawkes
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Council of Arles
- Alcuin of York
- The Debtors' Prison
- Anglian Cross
- First World War Memorial
- Stonegate
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bronze weights