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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Fire in the Minster
- A Pipkin
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Castle Museum
- The Medieval Minster
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- St William's Shrine
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Viking Coins
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Fishergate Bar
- King Richard II and York
- Judges Lodging
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church