Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- George Leeman
- Alcuin of York
- First World War Memorial
- The Horn of Ulf
- Judges Lodging
- The First Railway Station
- Clifford's Tower
- Lendal Tower
- The York Observatory
- King Richard III and York
- Sixties York
- Church of St Olave
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom