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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barley Hall
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Basilica
- King Richard II and York
- View from Station Rise
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Our Lady's Row
- Inscription to Hecules
- Church of St Wilfrid
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Norman House
- Fairfax House
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Margaret Clitherow