Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Church of St Olave
- St William's Shrine
- The First Minster
- Lendal Tower
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Council of Arles
- Inscription to Hecules
- John Carr - Architect
- The George Fox Incident
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Clifford's Tower
- Olive Oil Container
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- King Richard III and York
- The White Rose of York
- Vikings and Christianity