Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Cinema Comes to York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The York Observatory
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Debtors' Prison
- York Central Library
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Retreat
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street