Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Transport Moves On
- Norman Window Frame
- Dick Turpin
- Statue of the God Mars
- York's Airfield
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Guy Fawkes
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- New Earswick
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Elizabeth Boardingham