Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Ripon College for Women
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Lendal Bridge
- William Etty, Artist
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Norman Abbey
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The End of the Abbey
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Rowntree Park