Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Chimney Pot
- A Pipkin
- The Norman Castle
- The Norman Abbey
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The York Observatory
- Bootham Bar
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Walmgate Bar
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Medieval Minster
- Victoria Bar
- Margaret Clitherow
- Sixties York