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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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Garrison
- Jubbergate
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Medieval Prisons
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Industrial Upheaval
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Water Lanes
- Lendal Bridge
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Boot
- A New University
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The York Hoard
- Gold Arm Ring