Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Railway Institute
- The Norman House
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bone Trial Piece
- Middleham Jewel
- Bootham Bar
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Lendal Bridge
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Roman Head Pot
- St Crux's Church
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Medieval Minster
- Gold Arm Ring
- Margaret Clitherow