Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Abbot's House
- Olive Oil Container
- Judges Lodging
- The York Helmet
- A New University
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Roman Fortress
- Ouse Bridge
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Victoria Bar
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- King Edward I and York
- The First Minster