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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Norman Castle
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Judges Lodging
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Ripon College for Women
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York and the Holocaust
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Rowntree Park
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'