Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- Minster Library
- Dick Turpin
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King Richard III and York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Rowntree Park
- Vikings and Christianity
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- A Pipkin
- William Etty, Artist
- Church of St Helen
- The Battle of the Standard
- Anglian Cross
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Medieval Minster
- The Norman Abbey