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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- Royal Station Hotel
- York Art Gallery
- Margaret Clitherow
- View from Station Rise
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Teaching the Poor
- Crest of York St John College
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The New Theatre
- The York Hoard
- Rebuilt in Stone
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Norman Minster
- Bootham Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York in the fifteenth Century