Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- The Debtors' Prison
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- King Richard III and York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Hospitium
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The York Hoard
- De Grey Rooms
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- John Carr - Architect
- A New Vision For York