Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- First World War York
- The York Helmet
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Treasurer's House
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Monk Bar
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Shambles
- Guy Fawkes
- The Medieval Abbey
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Teaching the Poor