Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- The York Observatory
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Debtors' Prison
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Jewbury Cemetery
- New Earswick
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Industrial Upheaval
- First World War York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Stonegate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Central Library
- Transport Moves On
- Bones of a Roman Combatant