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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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Red Tower
- The Medieval Abbey
- Treasurer's House
- Bronze weights
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Water Lanes
- York Bombed
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- View from Station Rise
- Judges Lodging
- Teaching the Poor
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning