Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Crest of York St John College
- Rowntree Park
- Anglian Carving
- The First Railway Station
- Church of St Wilfrid
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- De Grey Rooms
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Jubbergate
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Multangular Tower
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Middleham Jewel
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The York Hoard
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The George Fox Incident