Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Barley Hall
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Alcuin of York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Norman Abbey
- The Mansion House
- Norman Window Frame
- York Garrison
- The End of the Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Multangular Tower
- The Debtors' Prison
- Teaching the Poor
- Victoria Bar
- Mary Ward