Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- First World War Memorial
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Industrial Upheaval
- Is York Cursed?
- The Assembly Rooms
- Norman Window Frame
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Retreat
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York Union Gas Works
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Eric Bloodaxe