Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Abbot's House
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Norman Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York's Coat of Arms
- Sixties York
- The Guildhall
- King Richard III and York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York Union Gas Works
- Lendal Tower
- Scarborough Bridge
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Roman Head Pot
- The Norman House