Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- De Grey Rooms
- Is York Cursed?
- Bronze weights
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Battle of the Standard
- Guy Fawkes
- Viking Boot
- Eric Bloodaxe
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Horn of Ulf
- Royal Station Hotel
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Basilica
- A New Vision For York
- Treasurer's House
- Alcuin of York