Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Medieval Castle
- King Edward I and York
- York Castle Museum
- The Multangular Tower
- St William's Shrine
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Barley Hall
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Monk Bar
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Viking Boot
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries