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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- The Shambles
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Medieval Castle
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- St Crux's Church
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Basilica
- Judges Lodging
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Anglian Carving
- The Debtors' Prison
- The 1190 Massacre
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Second World War York
- The Minster after the Reformation