Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- Ouse Bridge
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- King Edward II and York
- The Norman House
- Our Lady's Row
- First World War Memorial
- Ripon College for Women
- Anglian Cross
- Vikings and Christianity
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Alcuin of York
- The Abbot's House
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Bronze weights
- The Mansion House