Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Alcuin of York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bootham Bar
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Industrial Upheaval
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Anglian Cross
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The End of the Abbey
- The Basilica
- York Bombed
- A New Walk
- Micklegate Bar
- A New University