Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bronze weights
- York Central Library
- Guy Fawkes
- The Cawood Sword
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Debtors' Prison
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Viking Male Grooming
- King's Manor - Victorian
- New Earswick
- The Council of Arles
- Minster Library
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York Castle Museum