Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Church of St Olave
- York Castle Museum
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Abbot's House
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- George Leeman
- A Pipkin
- York Railway Station
- Amber Bead Workshop
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Clifford's Tower