Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Abbot's House
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Roman Fortress
- Norman Window Frame
- Mary Ward
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Teaching the Poor
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Norman Minster
- Lendal Tower
- Fire in the Minster
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Shambles
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Mystery Plays
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions