Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- The Medieval Castle
- Inscription to Hecules
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The York Hoard
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Female Prison
- York's Airfield
- King Richard II and York
- Monk Bar
- Olive Oil Container
- York Railway Station
- Treasurer's House
- Fishergate Bar
- 62 Low Petergate
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Church of All Saints Pavement