Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Greyfriars
- Viking Boot
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The End of the Abbey
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Yorkshire Museum
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York and the Holocaust
- The Red Tower
- Bootham School
- George Leeman
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- King Richard II and York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Abbot's House