Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York and the Holocaust
- Yorkshire Museum
- Lendal Bridge
- Industrial Upheaval
- Statue of an Athlete
- Sixties York
- King Edward II and York
- Is York Cursed?
- George Leeman
- The Shambles
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Mystery Plays