Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Medieval Prisons
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Rowntree Park
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Crest of York St John College
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Victoria Bar
- York Union Gas Works
- Margaret Clitherow
- Statue of Napoleon
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Roman Chimney Pot
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The First Railway Station