Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Fairfax House
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Stonegate
- The York Helmet
- Middleham Jewel
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Railway Institute
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Treasurer's House
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Hospitium
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Dick Turpin