Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War Memorial
- The Norman House
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bootham School
- The Female Prison
- Viking Boot
- The Norman Minster
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Margaret Clitherow
- Rowntree Park
- Anglian Carving
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Guy Fawkes
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill