Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Edward II and York
- The Red Tower
- The Medieval Minster
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Barker Tower
- The Basilica
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Shambles
- Is York Cursed?
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Bootham School
- Anglian Burial Vessel