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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Medieval Abbey
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Norman Minster
- Barley Hall
- The Norman House
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- King Edward II and York
- Cinema Comes to York
- Church of St Olave
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Constantius Chlorus
- The County Court House
- St Martin Le Grand Church