Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Lendal Tower
- Bootham School
- Royal Station Hotel
- Sixties York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Council of Arles
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Anglian Carving
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York Art Gallery
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- View from Station Rise
- Margaret Clitherow
- Walmgate Bar
- Monk Bar