Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The George Fox Incident
- The Debtors' Prison
- Medieval Prisons
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Retreat
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Vikings and Christianity
- Gold Finger Ring
- Silver Strap Ends
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The York Observatory
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Viking Boot
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Church of St Olave