Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York and the Holocaust
- Is York Cursed?
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Our Lady's Row
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Guildhall
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Medieval Prisons
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Scarborough Bridge
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Alcuin of York
- Bootham School
- Inscription to Hecules
- The New Theatre