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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Union Gas Works
- The Roman Fortress
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The White Rose of York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Medieval Prisons
- New Shopping Centres
- Fire in the Minster
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Battle of the Standard
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Jubbergate
- Inscription to Hecules
- York St John in the 20th Century