Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Dick Turpin
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- View from Station Rise
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Battle of the Standard
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Abbot's House
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Female Prison