Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Water Lanes
- Bone Trial Piece
- Jubbergate
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- A New Walk
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York Railway Station
- Dick Turpin
- Monk Bar
- The Shambles
- Fairfax House
- The George Fox Incident