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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- King Richard II and York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- A Pipkin
- The Norman Abbey
- Crest of York St John College
- King Richard III and York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Anglian Carving
- St Crux's Church
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate