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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Minster Library
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Norman Abbey
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The York Hoard
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Water Lanes
- George Leeman
- The Basilica
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- New Earswick
- The Black Death
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Church of St Helen
- The 1190 Massacre
- York Central Library