Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The County Court House
- Middleham Jewel
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- First World War York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bronze weights
- Mary Ward
- First World War Memorial
- Jewbury Cemetery
- St William's Shrine
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York's Airfield
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Dick Turpin