Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- Fishergate Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Clifford's Tower
- William Etty, Artist
- The Multangular Tower
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Crest of York St John College
- Micklegate Bar
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York's Airfield
- Feeding Roman York
- The Battle of the Standard
- York Castle Museum