Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The White Rose of York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Hospitium
- The Norman House
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Anglian Carving
- Military Belt Fitting
- Ripon College for Women
- The Battle of the Standard
- Medieval Prisons
- Gold Arm Ring
- A Pipkin
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'