Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Crest of York St John College
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fishergate Bar
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- A New Vision For York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Roman Head Pot
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Union Gas Works
- Treasurer's House
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Medieval Minster
- The Retreat
- York in the fifteenth Century