Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Constantius Chlorus
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Norman Castle
- York Union Gas Works
- The End of the Abbey
- York Bombed
- The Railway Institute
- A Pipkin
- The Medieval Abbey
- Vikings and Christianity
- Margaret Clitherow
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- A New University
- Lendal Bridge