Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- A New Walk
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- New Earswick
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The George Fox Incident
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Military Belt Fitting
- Margaret Clitherow
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Treasurer's House
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Female Prison
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Battle of the Standard