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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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Council of Arles
- The 1190 Massacre
- Minster Library
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Feeding Roman York
- Anglian Carving
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- William Etty, Artist
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Retreat
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Second World War York
- The Victorian Prison Building