Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Basilica
- Norman Window Frame
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The 1190 Massacre
- Victoria Bar
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Middleham Jewel
- The York Observatory
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The New Theatre
- The Battle of the Standard
- Second World War York
- New Earswick
- Jubbergate
- Church of All Saints Pavement