Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- The Norman Abbey
- The End of the Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Red Tower
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Viking Male Grooming
- Fishergate Bar
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Margaret Clitherow
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Gold Arm Ring
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'