Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Gold Finger Ring
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Military Belt Fitting
- York Railway Station
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Bootham Bar
- The Medieval Abbey
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Mithras and Arimanius