Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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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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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- New Earswick
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Rebuilt in Stone
- George Leeman
- King Edward II and York
- Margaret Clitherow
- The End of the Abbey
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Gold Finger Ring
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Vikings and Christianity
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Gold Arm Ring
- A New University
- York and the Holocaust