Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The York Observatory
- View from Station Rise
- First World War York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The First Railway Station
- St William's Shrine
- Ripon College for Women
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Clifford's Tower
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom