Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- New Earswick
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- A New University
- Medieval Prisons
- The Debtors' Prison
- Statue of an Athlete
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Anglian Cross
- St Crux's Church
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Fishergate Bar
- York Central Library
- The End of the Abbey
- The York Helmet
- Queen Margaret's Arch