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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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Hospitium
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Lendal Tower
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Barker Tower
- King Edward I and York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Church of St Helen
- Monk Bar
- Royal Station Hotel
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Castle Museum
- Jewbury Cemetery