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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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- Feeding Roman York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Olive Oil Container
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- King Edward III and York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- A New Walk
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Teaching the Poor
- Walmgate Bar
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Abbot's House
- Church of St Wilfrid