Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Church of St Olave
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Greyfriars
- King Richard II and York
- First World War Memorial
- King Richard III and York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Viking Coins
- Jubbergate
- New Shopping Centres
- King Edward III and York
- Bootham Bar
- The Norman Minster
- Bronze weights
- The Battle of the Standard
- Cumberland House, King's Staith