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 Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Ouse Bridge
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bootham Bar
- Industrial Upheaval
- Crest of York St John College
- The York Observatory
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Norman Castle
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The York Hoard
- Anglian Carving
- Barker Tower
- The Greyfriars