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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Female Prison
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Central Methodist Chapel
- A New Vision For York
- The Black Death
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The New Theatre
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Assembly Rooms
- Anglian Cross
- The First Railway Station
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Debtors' Prison