Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- York Castle Museum
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Viking Silk Cap
- The White Rose of York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- King Richard III and York
- The Mansion House
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Judges Lodging
- York Union Gas Works
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bootham School