Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- York and the Holocaust
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- A New Walk
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Medieval Minster
- Holy Trinity Church
- St William's Shrine
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Lendal Bridge
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- De Grey Rooms
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Black Death
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'