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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Fairfax House
- Judges Lodging
- Church of St Helen
- The Basilica
- Mary Ward
- The First Minster
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- John Carr - Architect
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Middleham Jewel
- Anglian Carving
- The Black Death
- First World War York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace