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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The First Minster
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Guildhall
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Statue of the God Mars
- Barker Tower
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Norman Castle
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Minster after the Reformation