Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Micklegate Bar
- Ripon College for Women
- The Norman Minster
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Barley Hall
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Mary Ward
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Battle of the Standard
- The York Observatory
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Central Methodist Chapel
- A New Walk
- Fire in the Minster
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop