Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- The Multangular Tower
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The End of the Abbey
- The Black Death
- The Horn of Ulf
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Cawood Sword
- King Edward I and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Red Tower
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The York Observatory