Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- New Shopping Centres
- Roman Head Pot
- The Female Prison
- The Bar Convent
- The Norman Minster
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Ripon College for Women
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- King Richard III and York
- York Central Library
- King Edward II and York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Rowntree Park
- Monk Bar