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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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St William's Shrine
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Rowntree Park
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Barker Tower
- King Richard III and York
- Ripon College for Women
- Clifford's Tower
- The End of the Abbey
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre