Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Roman Head Pot
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Female Prison
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Minster Library
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Norman Minster
- The York Observatory
- Lendal Bridge
- The York Hoard
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- King Edward III and York