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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Bar Convent
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Mary Ward
- York Union Gas Works
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Guy Fawkes
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Norman Minster
- Our Lady's Row
- Bone Trial Piece
- William Etty, Artist
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Roman Fortress
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool