Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Medieval Prisons
- The Norman Castle
- Barley Hall
- Ouse Bridge
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Anglian Cross
- Bronze weights
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Basilica
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- First World War York
- The End of the Abbey