Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- Barker Tower
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- New Earswick
- Viking Coins
- Lendal Tower
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Feeding Roman York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Anglian Hanging Bowl