Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- Military Belt Fitting
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Walmgate Bar
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- King Richard III and York
- Dick Turpin
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- First World War Memorial
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Our Lady's Row
- Scarborough Bridge
- Church of St Olave