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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Sixties York
- The Roman Fortress
- King Richard II and York
- The Female Prison
- The Horn of Ulf
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Barker Tower
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The First Railway Station
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York Railway Station
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Industrial Upheaval
- The George Fox Incident
- King Edward I and York