Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Railway Institute
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- A New University
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The New Theatre
- The Greyfriars
- The County Court House
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Union Gas Works
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Hospitium
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart