Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bootham School
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Lendal Bridge
- The Black Death
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Red Tower
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Rowntree Park
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Basilica