Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The York Observatory
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Micklegate Bar
- The Bar Convent
- Ouse Bridge
- Sixties York
- Norman Window Frame
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Medieval Castle
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- St William's Shrine
- The Roman Fortress
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Archbishop Scrope Executed