Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Our Lady's Row
- Victoria Bar
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Norman Window Frame
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Anglian Carving
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Railway Institute
- Is York Cursed?
- Second World War York
- The York Observatory
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Norman Minster
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Medieval Abbey