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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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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Bootham Bar
- Viking Silk Cap
- York Art Gallery
- Ripon College for Women
- Lendal Tower
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- View from Station Rise
- Rowntree Park
- The Norman House
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Assembly Rooms
- The York Observatory
- St William's Shrine
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'