Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The End of the Abbey
- Roman Head Pot
- First World War York
- King Edward II and York
- The York Observatory
- Church of St Helen
- York's Airfield
- Yorkshire Museum
- Ouse Bridge
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bootham School
- John Carr - Architect
- The Red Tower
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- George Leeman
- The First Minster