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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Barley Hall
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Military Belt Fitting
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Union Gas Works
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Norman Castle
- The Mystery Plays
- De Grey Rooms
- Treasurer's House
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Minster in the 19th Century