Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Central Library
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Is York Cursed?
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Railway Institute
- John Carr - Architect
- York's Airfield
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Mary Ward
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The George Fox Incident
- A New Walk
- The Norman House
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church