Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Victoria Bar
- Water Lanes
- King Richard III and York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Battle of the Standard
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Medieval Prisons
- The Assembly Rooms
- Monk Bar
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York Central Library
- New Shopping Centres
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Eric Bloodaxe