Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Dick Turpin
- The Debtors' Prison
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Norman House
- Vikings and Christianity
- King Edward II and York
- Bone Trial Piece
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Black Death
- A Pipkin
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The First Railway Station
- The George Fox Incident
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Inside the Roman Fortress