Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- King's Manor - Victorian
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Fishergate Bar
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York Bombed
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Statue of the God Mars
- Olive Oil Container
- Victoria Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- New Shopping Centres
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Church of All Saints Pavement