Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- The Assembly Rooms
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Debtors' Prison
- York Bombed
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Battle of the Standard
- King Edward II and York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Norman House
- A New Walk
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Roman Head Pot