Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Scarborough Bridge
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of St Helen
- York Central Library
- Gold Finger Ring
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- George Leeman
- 62 Low Petergate
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Crest of York St John College
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Medieval Castle