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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Railway Institute
- Bootham Bar
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Anglian Cross
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Red Tower
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- De Grey Rooms
- Sixties York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Olive Oil Container
- The York Observatory