Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Garrison
- Fairfax House
- John Carr - Architect
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Margaret Clitherow
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Medieval Abbey
- The End of the Abbey
- The First Minster
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Vikings and Christianity
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Lendal Tower
- Medieval Prisons