Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Second World War York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Cinema Comes to York
- New Shopping Centres
- Bootham School
- Yorkshire Museum
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Barker Tower
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Guildhall
- Vikings and Christianity
- A New University