Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- The Multangular Tower
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- New Earswick
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Basilica
- Teaching the Poor
- York and the Holocaust
- Our Lady's Row
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- King Edward II and York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The End of the Abbey
- The Abbot's House
- Clifford's Tower
- York Railway Station
- Viking Male Grooming