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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Feeding Roman York
- Ouse Bridge
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Fishergate Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- De Grey Rooms
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bootham School
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Anglian Cross
- The York Hoard
- A Pipkin
- Ripon College for Women
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Our Lady's Row