Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Yorkshire Museum
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The New Theatre
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Debtors' Prison
- Micklegate Bar
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Mansion House
- Gold Arm Ring
- King Edward II and York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- King Edward III and York
- Crest of York St John College
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Minster Library