Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York St John in the 20th Century
- George Leeman
- Mary Ward
- Barker Tower
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Greyfriars
- Margaret Clitherow
- Second World War York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York and the Holocaust
- Anglian Cross
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York