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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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Victoria Bar
- View from Station Rise
- Bootham School
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Treasurer's House
- Crest of York St John College
- King Edward I and York
- The End of the Abbey
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Assembly Rooms
- Water Lanes
- York Castle Museum
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Debtors' Prison