Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Alcuin of York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York Union Gas Works
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- First World War York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- King Richard II and York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Our Lady's Row
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Black Death
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Lendal Tower
- Mary Ward
- Mithras and Arimanius