Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- King Richard II and York
- King Edward I and York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York Bombed
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Viking Coins
- York Garrison
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop