Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- A New Walk
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Medieval Prisons
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Central Library
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Alcuin of York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Greyfriars
- Inscription to Hecules
- First World War York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant