Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of St Olave
- York Art Gallery
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York Railway Station
- Medieval Prisons
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- King Edward I and York
- Bronze weights
- York Castle Museum
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Jubbergate
- The Red Tower
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in Viking Times