Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- King Edward III and York
- Fishergate Bar
- First World War Memorial
- Treasurer's House
- Gold Arm Ring
- The First Minster
- The 1190 Massacre
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Medieval Prisons
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Industrial Upheaval
- York and the Holocaust
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Viking Silk Cap
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Victoria Bar