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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Guildhall
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Cinema Comes to York
- Scarborough Bridge
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Norman Abbey
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of St Olave
- The First Railway Station
- Rowntree Park
- New Earswick
- York Union Gas Works
- George Leeman
- York Central Library
- The Female Prison