Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- Cinema Comes to York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Debtors' Prison
- Is York Cursed?
- The Horn of Ulf
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Vikings and Christianity
- King Richard III and York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Council of Arles
- The Shambles
- First World War Memorial
- York Railway Station
- The First Railway Station
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St William's Shrine