Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bronze weights
- Constantius Chlorus
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Basilica
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Rowntree Park
- The Hospitium
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Minster Library