Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York in the fifteenth Century
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Lendal Bridge
- Industrial Upheaval
- The York Observatory
- York Castle Museum
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Greyfriars
- Mary Ward
- The York Helmet
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- A New University
- The Black Death
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)