Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Ouse Bridge
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- New Earswick
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Red Tower
- Teaching the Poor
- The Shambles
- York and the Holocaust
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- A New Walk