Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Basilica
- Cinema Comes to York
- York and the Holocaust
- York Castle Museum
- The Black Death
- Fishergate Bar
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Viking Male Grooming
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Female Prison