Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York in the fifteenth Century
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Lendal Bridge
- St Crux's Church
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Cawood Sword
- Viking Boot
- Viking Silk Cap
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse