Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Treasurer's House
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Olive Oil Container
- The Medieval Minster
- George Leeman
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Margaret Clitherow
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York's Airfield
- Water Lanes
- Elizabeth Boardingham