Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- Treasurer's House
- Is York Cursed?
- The Railway Institute
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Statue of the God Mars
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- King Richard III and York
- The Abbot's House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Medieval Prisons