Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Gold Arm Ring
- The George Fox Incident
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- George Leeman
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Mansion House
- Water Lanes
- King Edward III and York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Guy Fawkes
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- View from Station Rise