Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- View from Station Rise
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Alcuin of York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Bootham Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Mary Ward
- The First Minster
- The Red Tower
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bootham School
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Vikings and Christianity
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Cawood Sword