Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- The Battle of the Standard
- Lendal Tower
- Micklegate Bar
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York Central Library
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Cawood Sword
- Bone Trial Piece
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Viking Silk Cap
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York's Coat of Arms
- The 1190 Massacre
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bootham Bar
- The Railway Institute
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York