Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Retreat
- The Basilica
- Margaret Clitherow
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Guildhall
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Judges Lodging
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Ouse Bridge
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Ripon College for Women
- Medieval Prisons
- Anglian Hanging Bowl