Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Coins
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Norman House
- York Union Gas Works
- York Bombed
- The White Rose of York
- Bootham School
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Vikings and Christianity
- De Grey Rooms
- The Medieval Abbey
- Second World War York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Anglian Cross
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop