Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Gold Arm Ring
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Guildhall
- Military Belt Fitting
- King Edward II and York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Guy Fawkes
- Treasurer's House
- New Shopping Centres
- Cinema Comes to York
- Alcuin of York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Ouse Bridge