Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- George Leeman
- The Retreat
- The Mystery Plays
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Olive Oil Container
- Roman Head Pot
- St William's Shrine
- The Red Tower
- The Debtors' Prison
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Roman Fortress
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy