Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War Memorial
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King Edward II and York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The End of the Abbey
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Barker Tower
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Norman Abbey
- Statue of the God Mars
- A Pipkin
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Alcuin of York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York in the fifteenth Century