Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Inscription to Hecules
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The First Railway Station
- Feeding Roman York
- Ouse Bridge
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Mary Ward
- King Richard II and York
- The Abbot's House
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Mystery Plays
- Middleham Jewel
- Monk Bar
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions