Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman House
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Greyfriars
- The First Railway Station
- Our Lady's Row
- Barley Hall
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bootham School
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Lendal Bridge
- King Richard III and York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Debtors' Prison
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity