Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- King Edward II and York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Hospitium
- The Assembly Rooms
- The End of the Abbey
- Victoria Bar
- The Medieval Abbey
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The First Minster
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Medieval Prisons
- The Horn of Ulf
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers