Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Roman Head Pot
- Alcuin of York
- Monk Bar
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Stonegate
- York Union Gas Works
- The Medieval Abbey
- Barker Tower
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- King Richard II and York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head