Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Stonegate
- Royal Station Hotel
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Norman Window Frame
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Is York Cursed?
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Viking Male Grooming
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The White Rose of York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Newgate Cross Shaft