Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Basilica
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Shambles
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Judges Lodging
- First World War York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Micklegate Bar
- Anglian Carving
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bootham Bar
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre