Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Mystery Plays
- The Railway Institute
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Viking Coins
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham School
- Viking Boot
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The York Hoard
- Statue of an Athlete
- King Richard II and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Jubbergate
- Minster Library