Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Ouse Bridge
- Victoria Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Viking Silk Cap
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Anglian Carving
- Bronze weights
- The Assembly Rooms
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- First World War York
- The White Rose of York
- King Edward II and York
- King Edward I and York
- Statue of the God Mars
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop