Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Sixties York
- The Horn of Ulf
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York Art Gallery
- Yorkshire Museum
- The 1190 Massacre
- Fishergate Bar
- Second World War York
- King Richard III and York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Alcuin of York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft