Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Railway Institute
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Shambles
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Medieval Minster
- King Edward I and York
- The Basilica
- York and the Holocaust
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Dick Turpin
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Union Gas Works
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Norman Minster