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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York and the Holocaust
- Fire in the Minster
- John Carr - Architect
- York Central Library
- York Union Gas Works
- Mary Ward
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Retreat
- The Cawood Sword
- The Bar Convent
- Our Lady's Row
- Yorkshire Museum
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Ouse Bridge
- Anglian Carving
- Monk Bar
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa