Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barker Tower
- Vikings and Christianity
- Jubbergate
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Gold Finger Ring
- The First Railway Station
- A New University
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The New Theatre
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Norman Window Frame
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of St Olave
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York's Coat of Arms
- Cinema Comes to York