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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- Dick Turpin
- The Bar Convent
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Mystery Plays
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Anglian Cross
- Feeding Roman York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Teaching the Poor
- Alcuin of York
- Bootham School
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Middleham Jewel
- The Medieval Castle
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York's first historian: Francis Drake