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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Bootham School
- Viking Silk Cap
- Margaret Clitherow
- First World War Memorial
- First World War York
- The Multangular Tower
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York Castle Museum
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Vikings and Christianity
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York and the Holocaust
- The Guildhall
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Statue of the God Mars
- Norman Window Frame
- Eric Bloodaxe