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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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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Yorkshire Museum
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Mary Ward
- Silver Strap Ends
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Royal Station Hotel
- Lendal Tower
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- King Edward II and York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Minster after the Reformation