Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Holy Trinity Church
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Teaching the Poor
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Lendal Bridge
- King Richard II and York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Vikings and Christianity
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- A New University
- York Garrison
- The Hospitium