Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Roman Head Pot
- Anglian Cross
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York Central Library
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Silver Strap Ends
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Military Belt Fitting
- Olive Oil Container
- Church of St Olave
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Debtors' Prison
- Anglian Carving
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Battle of the Standard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake