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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- The End of the Abbey
- The York Helmet
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York's Airfield
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Bar Convent
- St William's Shrine
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Alcuin of York
- Minster Library
- A New University
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Guildhall
- The Debtors' Prison