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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Cawood Sword
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Alcuin of York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Ripon College for Women
- First World War York
- George Leeman
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Margaret Clitherow
- Monk Bar
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Inscription to Hecules
- Minster Library
- Church of St Helen