Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Abbot's House
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York and the Holocaust
- York's Coat of Arms
- Transport Moves On
- The Battle of the Standard
- Church of St Helen
- Viking Boot
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York Union Gas Works
- The Female Prison
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Daniel Defoe's York
- King Richard III and York
- George Leeman
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions