Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Norman House
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York Garrison
- Ouse Bridge
- The Railway Institute
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- William Etty, Artist
- York's Airfield
- The Black Death