Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- St Leonard's Hospital
- A New University
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Yorkshire Museum
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Vikings and Christianity
- King Richard II and York
- Is York Cursed?
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill