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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- Constantius Chlorus
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Church of St Helen
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Fairfax House
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Horn of Ulf
- Military Belt Fitting