Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Medieval Castle
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Vikings and Christianity
- The New Theatre
- Fire in the Minster
- Minster Library
- York Union Gas Works
- Alcuin of York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The End of the Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Norman House
- York Castle Museum
- Tombstone of Julia Velva