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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- Alcuin of York
- King Edward II and York
- The First Minster
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Margaret Clitherow
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Is York Cursed?
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York's Airfield
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- King Richard III and York
- Norman Window Frame