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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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The First Railway Station
- Vikings and Christianity
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The New Theatre
- York Central Library
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Holy Trinity Church
- Feeding Roman York
- Water Lanes
- The End of the Abbey
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Mansion House
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Skeldergate Bridge