Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- View from Station Rise
- The New Theatre
- Rowntree Park
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Medieval Abbey
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Basilica
- Stonegate
- The White Rose of York
- The Cawood Sword
- The Medieval Minster
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in the 19th Century