Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- The First Minster
- New Shopping Centres
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Bar Convent
- A New Vision For York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York's Coat of Arms
- A New Walk
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Norman Castle
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Ouse Bridge