Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Anglian Carving
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Scarborough Bridge
- Barley Hall
- Roman Head Pot
- The Female Prison
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York Art Gallery
- The Norman Castle
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Mansion House
- The White Rose of York
- The Mystery Plays
- Teaching the Poor
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels