Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Yorkshire Museum
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Railway Institute
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Jubbergate
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- First World War Memorial
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- A Pipkin
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Anglian Cross
- The Norman Castle
- The Norman Abbey
- Ripon College for Women
- King Edward I and York
- The Horn of Ulf