Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Basilica
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Greyfriars
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York Central Library
- Teaching the Poor
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Viking Male Grooming
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- George Leeman
- Judges Lodging
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Silver Strap Ends
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey