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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Medieval Prisons
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Barker Tower
- Cinema Comes to York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Viking Coins
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York Castle Museum
- St William's Shrine
- Water Lanes
- King Richard II and York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York in the fifteenth Century