Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Stonegate
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Minster Library
- Barley Hall
- The County Court House
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York in the fifteenth Century
- A New Vision For York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Union Gas Works
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York and the Holocaust
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bones of a Roman Combatant