Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- The Hospitium
- Bootham School
- Fishergate Bar
- Micklegate Bar
- Scarborough Bridge
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Church of St Helen
- Margaret Clitherow
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Horn of Ulf
- Teaching the Poor
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- New Earswick
- Norman Window Frame
- First World War York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft