Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Clifford's Tower
- York Central Library
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Second World War York
- Judges Lodging
- George Leeman
- The Medieval Minster
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Union Gas Works
- Ouse Bridge
- The New Theatre
- A Pipkin
- The York Helmet
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers