Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Union Gas Works
- King Richard II and York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Norman Minster
- William Etty, Artist
- St William's Shrine
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Stonegate
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Medieval Minster
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Is York Cursed?
- Trams Pulled by Horses