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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Greyfriars
- The Basilica
- Cinema Comes to York
- Ouse Bridge
- York Railway Station
- First World War Memorial
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bronze weights
- Anglian Carving
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- George Leeman
- Stonegate