Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- View from Station Rise
- Bronze weights
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Multangular Tower
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Bombed
- Water Lanes
- Fairfax House
- Rowntree Park
- Cinema Comes to York
- Teaching the Poor
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- George Leeman
- Church of St Wilfrid