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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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- Ripon College for Women
- Middleham Jewel
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York Art Gallery
- St Crux's Church
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Norman Castle
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Basilica
- De Grey Rooms
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Sixties York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The First Minster