Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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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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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The First Minster
- Church of St Olave
- York Art Gallery
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Retreat
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Debtors' Prison
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Greyfriars
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Battle of Marston Moor