Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Greyfriars
- Guy Fawkes
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Horn of Ulf
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Church of St Olave
- Viking Boot
- York and the Holocaust
- Statue of an Athlete
- Fishergate Bar
- Cumberland House, King's Staith