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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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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Basilica
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Lendal Bridge
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The First Railway Station
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bootham School
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Railway Institute
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Industrial Upheaval
- Water Lanes
- Alcuin of York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Fishergate Bar