Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- The Railway Institute
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Military Belt Fitting
- Church of St Helen
- Alcuin of York
- King Edward I and York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Victoria Bar
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bootham Bar
- A New Walk
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York and the Holocaust
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- King Richard III and York