Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Horn of Ulf
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Victoria Bar
- York Garrison
- Monk Bar
- St Crux's Church
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Cinema Comes to York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Viking Boot
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Dick Turpin
- Second World War York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Norman House
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy