Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bone Trial Piece
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Walmgate Bar
- The Black Death
- The Mystery Plays
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- St William's Shrine
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Royal Station Hotel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers