Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Minster Library
- The York Observatory
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Central Library
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Stonegate
- Sixties York
- The Horn of Ulf
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- 62 Low Petergate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Church of St Wilfrid
- King Edward I and York
- Fairfax House
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries