Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- The Railway Institute
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Greyfriars
- The Norman Minster
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Medieval Prisons
- Crest of York St John College
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York Central Library
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Roman Head Pot
- York's Airfield
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector