Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Viking Coins
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham School
- Micklegate Bar
- The York Observatory
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Olive Oil Container
- Viking Male Grooming
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Barley Hall
- Mary Ward
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Abbot's House
- A Pipkin
- York Union Gas Works