Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Victoria Bar
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Multangular Tower
- Monk Bar
- St Crux's Church
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Feeding Roman York
- The Battle of the Standard
- Jubbergate
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- St William's Shrine
- The Debtors' Prison
- Stonegate