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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War Memorial
- King Edward III and York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- St William's Shrine
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Silver Strap Ends
- York Garrison
- First World War York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Yorkshire Museum
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bootham Bar
- Guy Fawkes
- St Martin Le Grand Church