Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Central Library
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Assembly Rooms
- Industrial Upheaval
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Ripon College for Women
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Red Tower
- Church of St Helen
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The York Hoard
- George Leeman
- The Horn of Ulf
- Statue of the God Mars
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers