Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bone Trial Piece
- George Leeman
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The End of the Abbey
- The Norman Minster
- The George Fox Incident
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- A Pipkin
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Guy Fawkes
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Bombed
- Crest of York St John College
- The Retreat