Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Abbot's House
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- William Etty, Artist
- Viking Coins
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Richard III and York
- Bootham Bar
- View from Station Rise
- Cumberland House, King's Staith