Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- King Edward II and York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bootham School
- The Cawood Sword
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Fishergate Bar
- The Horn of Ulf
- Second World War York
- Sixties York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Micklegate Bar