Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Fire in the Minster
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bootham School
- King Edward II and York
- George Leeman
- Church of St Olave
- Guy Fawkes
- The Black Death
- The Abbot's House
- View from Station Rise
- First World War York
- Norman Window Frame
- York's Coat of Arms
- Inscription to Hecules
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- John Carr - Architect
- Gold Finger Ring