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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Bar Convent
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Rowntree Park
- York Garrison
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Our Lady's Row
- Clifford's Tower
- Ouse Bridge
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Feeding Roman York
- New Earswick
- The 1190 Massacre
- Is York Cursed?
- York and the Holocaust