Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Teaching the Poor
- The York Observatory
- Transport Moves On
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Viking Boot
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bootham Bar
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The York Hoard
- Anglian Carving
- Mary Ward
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Norman Minster