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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Statue of the God Mars
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- John Carr - Architect
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Judges Lodging
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Viking Male Grooming
- Ripon College for Women
- The Norman Castle
- Jubbergate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom