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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Treasurer's House
- Crest of York St John College
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Railway Station
- Scarborough Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- A New University
- Statue of Napoleon
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Rebuilt in Stone