Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Norman Minster
- The County Court House
- Bootham School
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Guildhall
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Crest of York St John College
- The Multangular Tower
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Battle of the Standard
- Minster Library
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- King Edward II and York