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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- Viking Male Grooming
- Transport Moves On
- Clifford's Tower
- First World War Memorial
- The Greyfriars
- The Basilica
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Cawood Sword
- Mary Ward
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Debtors' Prison
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The White Rose of York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Church of St Helen