Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Garrison
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Fire in the Minster
- King Edward II and York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- A Pipkin
- The New Theatre
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Second World War York
- The End of the Abbey
- The Red Tower
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- De Grey Rooms