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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Battle of the Standard
- Ouse Bridge
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Council of Arles
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Viking Silk Cap
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- King Richard II and York
- Bronze weights
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Viking Sword Pommel