Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Fire in the Minster
- Dick Turpin
- Olive Oil Container
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- First World War York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- King Richard III and York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- New Shopping Centres
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Middleham Jewel