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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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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 Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Railway Institute
- Guy Fawkes
- York and the Holocaust
- Micklegate Bar
- Middleham Jewel
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Rowntree Park
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Second World War York
- The Female Prison
- A New Vision For York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York