Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Monk Bar
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Abbot's House
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Minster in Viking Times
- George Leeman
- Barker Tower
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- New Earswick
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Victoria Bar
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Statue of Napoleon
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- St William's Shrine