Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Fire in the Minster
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Viking Coins
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Guildhall
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Fishergate Bar
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning