Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Gold Arm Ring
- Ripon College for Women
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Teaching the Poor
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Inscription to Hecules
- King Edward II and York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Gold Finger Ring
- Statue of the God Mars
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York Castle Museum
- Is York Cursed?