Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The First Minster
- Silver Strap Ends
- Royal Station Hotel
- The York Observatory
- The Medieval Castle
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Cawood Sword
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Ripon College for Women
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Black Death
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Barley Hall
- York and the Holocaust
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)