Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Margaret Clitherow
- Teaching the Poor
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- A New University
- Cinema Comes to York
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Red Tower
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Roman Fortress
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The York Hoard
- Water Lanes
- The Multangular Tower
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham School
- Glazed Medieval Jug