Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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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 Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Teaching the Poor
- Olive Oil Container
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- King Richard III and York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Medieval Prisons
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Hospitium
- Clifford's Tower
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Inscription to Hecules
- Statue of Napoleon
- First World War Memorial
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions