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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Greyfriars
- Clifford's Tower
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Viking Male Grooming
- Ouse Bridge
- Middleham Jewel
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Walmgate Bar
- The White Rose of York
- The Retreat
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Feeding Roman York