Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Viking Silk Cap
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Medieval Abbey
- Is York Cursed?
- The Medieval Minster
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Battle of the Standard
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York Art Gallery
- The First Railway Station
- Ouse Bridge
- A New Walk
- York and the Holocaust