Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Crest of York St John College
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Mary Ward
- The Red Tower
- Monk Bar
- Ripon College for Women
- Church of St Olave
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- New Shopping Centres
- Bootham School
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Shambles