Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- William Etty, Artist
- First World War York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- A New Vision For York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Lendal Bridge
- The Greyfriars
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Anglian Cross
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Medieval Minster
- Cinema Comes to York