Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War Memorial
- The Norman Minster
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Medieval Prisons
- Church of St Olave
- The End of the Abbey
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Guy Fawkes
- King Edward II and York
- The Medieval Minster
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Fairfax House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Roman Fortress
- York and the Holocaust
- Fire in the Minster