Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- The Norman House
- Crest of York St John College
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Holy Trinity Church
- York Union Gas Works
- The Medieval Castle
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- A New University
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Norman Minster
- St William's Shrine
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- First World War York
- The White Rose of York
- The Norman Abbey
- King's Manor - Victorian