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 Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- The Guildhall
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Medieval Abbey
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Abbot's House
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York and the Holocaust
- Mary Ward
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Inscription to Hecules
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector