Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Margaret Clitherow
- Treasurer's House
- The Female Prison
- George Leeman
- Cinema Comes to York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Crest of York St John College
- Dick Turpin
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Mansion House
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Abbot's House
- The Battle of the Standard
- Gold Arm Ring