Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The George Fox Incident
- A Pipkin
- York's Airfield
- The Female Prison
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Debtors' Prison
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Treasurer's House