Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Victoria Bar
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Vikings and Christianity
- Constantius Chlorus
- King Richard II and York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Viking Boot
- The Guildhall
- A New Walk
- Water Lanes
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Art Gallery