Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- Viking Silk Cap
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Alcuin of York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Assembly Rooms
- Constantius Chlorus
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York's Coat of Arms
- Gold Arm Ring
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Union Gas Works
- King Edward II and York