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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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- Lendal Tower
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Black Death
- The Mansion House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Teaching the Poor
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Debtors' Prison
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Medieval Minster
- A New Walk
- Margaret Clitherow