Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- A New Walk
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Richard II and York
- The First Minster
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Norman Abbey
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Basilica
- All Saints Church, North Street
- A New University
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Judges Lodging
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Statue of an Athlete