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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Guildhall
- Teaching the Poor
- Monk Bar
- Statue of the God Mars
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Bar Convent
- Bootham Bar
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Retreat
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Anglian Carving
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Viking Coins
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Tombstone of Julia Velva