Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Mansion House
- The Railway Institute
- St William's Shrine
- New Earswick
- Royal Station Hotel
- Clifford's Tower
- York Art Gallery
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- St Crux's Church
- King Richard III and York
- Viking Boot
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Constantius Chlorus
- The York Observatory
- The Minster in the 20th Century