Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The York Hoard
- Gold Arm Ring
- Church of St Helen
- The Norman Abbey
- York Railway Station
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bootham School
- Clifford's Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- King Richard III and York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers