Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Holy Trinity Church
- Olive Oil Container
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- King Richard II and York
- York Bombed
- First World War York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Water Lanes
- Royal Station Hotel
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Judges Lodging
- Jubbergate
- Skeldergate Bridge