Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- Fishergate Bar
- Fairfax House
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Horn of Ulf
- All Saints Church, North Street
- New Earswick
- The Bar Convent
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Yorkshire Museum
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- A Pipkin
- Inscription to Hecules
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Barker Tower
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church