Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Second World War York
- Mary Ward
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Royal Station Hotel
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Assembly Rooms
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The County Court House
- King Edward I and York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Constantius Chlorus