Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The County Court House
- The Assembly Rooms
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bone Trial Piece
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Rowntree Park
- The York Observatory
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Industrial Upheaval
- Silver Strap Ends
- Viking Male Grooming
- Middleham Jewel
- Skeldergate Bridge