Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- The County Court House
- Scarborough Bridge
- Guy Fawkes
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York St John in the 20th Century
- A New University
- The York Helmet
- Clifford's Tower
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Royal Station Hotel
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Eric Bloodaxe