Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Treasurer's House
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Mystery Plays
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Margaret Clitherow
- The First Minster
- Bronze weights
- York Art Gallery
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- First World War York
- Central Methodist Chapel