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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- First World War Memorial
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- John Carr - Architect
- Stonegate
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Margaret Clitherow
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Eric Bloodaxe
- St Crux's Church
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Central Library
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Dick Turpin
- Viking Boot