Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Church of St Olave
- Medieval Prisons
- York Garrison
- The Bar Convent
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Micklegate Bar
- King Edward I and York
- Lendal Bridge
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Ouse Bridge
- Roman Head Pot
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Guy Fawkes
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse