Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- Statue of Napoleon
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bone Trial Piece
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Viking Boot
- The Norman Castle
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Church of St Olave
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity