Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- First World War Memorial
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The York Observatory
- De Grey Rooms
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Hospitium
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- George Leeman
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Debtors' Prison
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom