Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bone Trial Piece
- View from Station Rise
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Royal Station Hotel
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York Castle Museum
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Railway Institute
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The First Minster
- The 1190 Massacre
- Constantius Chlorus
- Viking Boot