Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- The End of the Abbey
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Anglian Cross
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Is York Cursed?
- King Edward III and York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Church of St Olave
- Walmgate Bar