Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Judges Lodging
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The 1190 Massacre
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The York Helmet
- 62 Low Petergate
- Gold Arm Ring
- The First Railway Station
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- George Leeman
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- New Shopping Centres
- The White Rose of York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions