Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Norman Abbey
- Bootham Bar
- 62 Low Petergate
- Mithras and Arimanius
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- John Carr - Architect
- First World War York
- Our Lady's Row
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Mystery Plays
- Anglian Carving
- Rowntree Park
- The Medieval Abbey
- Medieval Prisons
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa