Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Red Tower
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- A New University
- New Earswick
- Silver Strap Ends
- Transport Moves On
- Daniel Defoe's York
- First World War York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- View from Station Rise
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Black Death
- Bone Trial Piece
- Archbishop Scrope Executed