Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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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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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- Gold Arm Ring
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Holy Trinity Church
- Anglian Cross
- First World War Memorial
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Stonegate
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Railway Station
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bronze weights
- A Pipkin
- The Victorian Prison Building