Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Walmgate Bar
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Hospitium
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Medieval Minster
- The Horn of Ulf
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Barley Hall
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The End of the Abbey
- Margaret Clitherow
- Our Lady's Row
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Anglian Cross