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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Union Gas Works
- Clifford's Tower
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Norman House
- Jubbergate
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- George Leeman
- York and the Holocaust
- Walmgate Bar
- The Red Tower
- Water Lanes
- The Bar Convent
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Our Lady's Row