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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Teaching the Poor
- King Edward I and York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- A Pipkin
- Vikings and Christianity
- Statue of an Athlete
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Gold Arm Ring
- Sixties York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Horn of Ulf
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Silver Strap Ends
- The New Theatre
- Queen Margaret's Arch