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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Roman Fortress
- Statue of an Athlete
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bronze weights
- The Bar Convent
- Church of St Wilfrid
- A New University
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Mary Ward
- Church of St Helen
- The Horn of Ulf
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- King Edward III and York
- Viking Boot
- De Grey Rooms
- Teaching the Poor