Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Black Death
- John Carr - Architect
- Sixties York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- King Richard II and York
- York's Airfield
- Alcuin of York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Female Prison
- New Earswick
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Red Tower
- Clifford's Tower