Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- 62 Low Petergate
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Norman House
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Industrial Upheaval
- The White Rose of York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- A New Walk
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- John Carr - Architect
- York Art Gallery
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey