Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- Ripon College for Women
- The Debtors' Prison
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Second World War York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Victoria Bar
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Roman Fortress
- The Bar Convent
- The Medieval Castle
- The Greyfriars
- Mary Ward
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels