Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- The Hospitium
- The Medieval Minster
- The 1190 Massacre
- A Pipkin
- Lendal Tower
- Monk Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Cawood Sword
- Water Lanes
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Second World War York
- Church of St Olave
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Military Belt Fitting