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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Coat of Arms
- The White Rose of York
- Fairfax House
- King Edward II and York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- King Richard III and York
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Abbot's House
- Fire in the Minster
- York and the Holocaust
- The Multangular Tower
- The Railway Institute
- The Roman Fortress
- Statue of the God Mars
- Stonegate
- Feeding Roman York
- First World War Memorial
- Guy Fawkes