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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Norman Abbey
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Viking Male Grooming
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York's Coat of Arms
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York and the Holocaust
- The Medieval Castle
- Viking Boot
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Female Prison
- A New Walk
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- King Edward I and York
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Minster in Viking Times