Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Royal Station Hotel
- The End of the Abbey
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Statue of Napoleon
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Debtors' Prison
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bootham School
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The New Theatre
- The Roman Fortress
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Mary Ward
- Micklegate Bar