Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- St Crux's Church
- Ripon College for Women
- Stonegate
- Second World War York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Hospitium
- Anglian Carving
- The Battle of the Standard
- Lendal Bridge
- St William's Shrine
- William Etty, Artist
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The First Minster
- Lendal Tower
- The 1190 Massacre
- York's first historian: Francis Drake