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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Red Tower
- The George Fox Incident
- The Female Prison
- The Norman Minster
- Victoria Bar
- The Medieval Castle
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Ripon College for Women
- Industrial Upheaval
- Viking Boot
- 62 Low Petergate
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Norman House
- The Roman Fortress