Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Sword Pommel
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Medieval Castle
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Water Lanes
- Gold Finger Ring
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York Bombed
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels