Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Abbot's House
- The First Minster
- York and the Holocaust
- Victoria Bar
- First World War York
- King Richard III and York
- Cinema Comes to York
- Yorkshire Museum
- Vikings and Christianity
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Roman Head Pot
- The Norman Minster
- The Black Death
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- A New University
- Scarborough Bridge