Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Central Library
- King Richard III and York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The George Fox Incident
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- King Edward I and York
- Viking Silk Cap
- Guy Fawkes
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Victoria Bar