Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- A New Vision For York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York Art Gallery
- Water Lanes
- King Richard III and York
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Railway Institute
- The First Railway Station
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- St William's Shrine
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- A New University
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Silver Strap Ends
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- George Leeman