Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Statue of the God Mars
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Victoria Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The White Rose of York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Statue of an Athlete
- Water Lanes
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The New Theatre
- Anglian Cross