Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- King Edward III and York
- 62 Low Petergate
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Industrial Upheaval
- Judges Lodging
- John Carr - Architect
- Barley Hall
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The 1190 Massacre
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The End of the Abbey
- The New Theatre
- Bootham Bar