Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- St William's Shrine
- A New University
- The County Court House
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Anglian Carving
- The Female Prison
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Mary Ward
- York Bombed
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The End of the Abbey
- Cinema Comes to York
- Minster Library
- Victoria Bar
- George Leeman