Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Fishergate Bar
- New Shopping Centres
- St Crux's Church
- Bone Trial Piece
- Victoria Bar
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The York Observatory
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The George Fox Incident
- New Earswick
- Middleham Jewel
- A Pipkin
- A New Walk
- The Roman Fortress