Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York Castle Museum
- Alcuin of York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York Bombed
- Walmgate Bar
- William Etty, Artist
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Lendal Tower
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York's Airfield
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Debtors' Prison
- Constantius Chlorus
- Vikings and Christianity
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head