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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Railway Institute
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Viking Silk Cap
- The First Minster
- Feeding Roman York
- York Bombed
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Bootham School
- Transport Moves On
- King Edward I and York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Viking Coins
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Railway Station