Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York Castle Museum
- Jewbury Cemetery
- William Etty, Artist
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Bombed
- Transport Moves On
- Military Belt Fitting
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Micklegate Bar
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Cinema Comes to York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Battle of the Standard