Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- Monk Bar
- The Horn of Ulf
- A New Vision For York
- Victoria Bar
- York Bombed
- The Battle of the Standard
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Teaching the Poor
- York and the Holocaust
- Constantius Chlorus
- St William's Shrine
- Bronze weights
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Black Death
- The Medieval Castle
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Ripon College for Women