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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- Anglian Cross
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Garrison
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Rowntree Park
- Anglian Carving
- Clifford's Tower
- The Cawood Sword
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Railway Institute
- Lendal Tower
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Minster Library
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Inscription to Hecules