Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The County Court House
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Medieval Abbey
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Our Lady's Row
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Greyfriars
- Feeding Roman York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Medieval Minster
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool