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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Gold Finger Ring
- Margaret Clitherow
- Middleham Jewel
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Is York Cursed?
- Norman Window Frame
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- First World War Memorial
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- King Edward III and York
- The Greyfriars
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Teaching the Poor