Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Guildhall
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Black Death
- York's Coat of Arms
- Monk Bar
- Scarborough Bridge
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- First World War Memorial
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bootham School
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Gold Arm Ring
- The First Minster
- First World War York
- Dick Turpin