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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Mary Ward
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Guy Fawkes
- Viking Boot
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Black Death
- The Cawood Sword
- The Railway Institute
- Rowntree Park
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Bootham Bar
- Cinema Comes to York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Anglian Carving