Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Teaching the Poor
- Mary Ward
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York Central Library
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Church of St Helen
- Fire in the Minster
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Second World War York
- York Bombed
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Minster in the 18th Century