Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- A New University
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Bar Convent
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York's Coat of Arms
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The County Court House
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Viking Silk Cap
- Inscription from Fortress Gate