Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Silk Cap
- Is York Cursed?
- Guy Fawkes
- Alcuin of York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- George Leeman
- Minster Library
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The County Court House
- York Castle Museum
- Mithras and Arimanius
- View from Station Rise
- First World War Memorial
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York Bombed
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York and the Holocaust