Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Minster
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The York Observatory
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Battle of the Standard
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Bar Convent
- Inscription to Hecules
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Norman House
- Cinema Comes to York
- Lendal Tower
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- George Leeman