Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Norman Minster
- The Female Prison
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Mary Ward
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The White Rose of York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Statue of the God Mars