Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bronze weights
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Fairfax House
- Ripon College for Women
- Anglian Cross
- Bootham School
- The Cawood Sword
- York Bombed
- Mary Ward
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York's Airfield
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Church of St Wilfrid