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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Water Lanes
- Roman Chimney Pot
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Multangular Tower
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- View from Station Rise
- Viking Coins
- King Richard III and York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- George Leeman
- Roman Head Pot