Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- King Edward III and York
- View from Station Rise
- Walmgate Bar
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Battle of the Standard
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- King Edward I and York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York and the Holocaust
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Victoria Bar