Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- Second World War York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The White Rose of York
- Norman Window Frame
- The First Railway Station
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The York Helmet
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Medieval Prisons
- Bootham School
- Margaret Clitherow
- Teaching the Poor
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Battle of Marston Moor