Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- St William's Shrine
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York's Coat of Arms
- New Shopping Centres
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The County Court House
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Jewbury Cemetery
- George Leeman
- The Hospitium
- Anglian Carving
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Water Lanes
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Ripon College for Women