Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Central Library
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- A New Walk
- The George Fox Incident
- The Guildhall
- Mary Ward
- Vikings and Christianity
- Treasurer's House
- Walmgate Bar
- Second World War York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Debtors' Prison