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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Cinema Comes to York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Clifford's Tower
- King Richard II and York
- Teaching the Poor
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- William Etty, Artist
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Norman Abbey
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Alcuin of York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Cawood Sword