Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- New Earswick
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Hospitium
- The Medieval Abbey
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- King Edward I and York
- Victoria Bar
- Sixties York
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The 1190 Massacre
- York Railway Station
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- St Leonard's Hospital