Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Sixties York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Dick Turpin
- Is York Cursed?
- The Norman House
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Norman Window Frame
- The First Railway Station
- A New University
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The York Helmet
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Jubbergate
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Viking Coins