Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- De Grey Rooms
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Scarborough Bridge
- Margaret Clitherow
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Norman Window Frame
- Cinema Comes to York
- York Union Gas Works
- The Norman House
- First World War Memorial
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Monk Bar
- The George Fox Incident
- York and the Holocaust
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Council of Arles