Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- Bootham Bar
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- View from Station Rise
- The Mystery Plays
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's Airfield
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Middleham Jewel
- The Shambles
- The Female Prison
- Walmgate Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Abbot's House
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Crest of York St John College