Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Mystery Plays
- The York Hoard
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Norman House
- A New Vision For York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Silver Strap Ends
- Medieval Prisons
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Viking Coins
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Church of St Olave