Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Teaching the Poor
- Roman Head Pot
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Hospitium
- York St John in the 20th Century
- John Carr - Architect
- Bronze weights
- Alcuin of York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Norman Castle
- Vikings and Christianity
- Cinema Comes to York
- Inscription to Hecules
- King Richard II and York
- Constantius Chlorus