Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York and the Holocaust
- Fishergate Bar
- The Greyfriars
- York's Coat of Arms
- A New Walk
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Bar Convent
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Stonegate
- King Richard II and York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Norman Minster
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey