Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- St William's Shrine
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Medieval Prisons
- The New Theatre
- The Basilica
- York Bombed
- Barker Tower
- The Assembly Rooms
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Minster in the 18th Century