Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York and the Holocaust
- The York Helmet
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Garrison
- Barker Tower
- 62 Low Petergate
- The County Court House
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Guy Fawkes
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Scarborough Bridge
- First World War York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The York Hoard
- York's Medieval Synagogue