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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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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Guy Fawkes
- The First Minster
- Barker Tower
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- 62 Low Petergate
- Skeldergate Bridge
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Mystery Plays
- Stonegate
- The Debtors' Prison
- The County Court House
- The Black Death
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Horn of Ulf