Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Roman Fortress
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Walmgate Bar
- King Richard II and York
- The Mansion House
- View from Station Rise
- New Shopping Centres
- The New Theatre
- A New University
- Teaching the Poor
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Feeding Roman York