Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- A Pipkin
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Assembly Rooms
- The White Rose of York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Second World War York
- York Garrison
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Jubbergate
- The Norman House
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake