Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York Union Gas Works
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Mansion House
- The Abbot's House
- Fire in the Minster
- Bootham Bar
- Statue of the God Mars
- De Grey Rooms
- Yorkshire Museum
- Holy Trinity Church
- King Edward I and York