Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Scarborough Bridge
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- New Earswick
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Olive Oil Container
- First World War Memorial
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York Art Gallery