Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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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.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Coins
- York Castle Museum
- Feeding Roman York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Mansion House
- Our Lady's Row
- Ouse Bridge
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- St Crux's Church
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Alcuin of York
- Is York Cursed?
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Ripon College for Women