Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Treasurer's House
- Olive Oil Container
- York in the fifteenth Century
- All Saints Church, North Street
- A New University
- Statue of Napoleon
- Fire in the Minster
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Scarborough Bridge
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and the Holocaust
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Plum Cakes for Christmas