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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Fishergate Bar
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The New Theatre
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Viking Coins
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Abbey
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Viking Male Grooming