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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Bombed
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Norman House
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- John Carr - Architect
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Debtors' Prison
- A New Walk
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bootham School
- Mary Ward
- York Union Gas Works
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa