Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Hospitium
- The End of the Abbey
- Viking Boot
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York and the Holocaust
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Multangular Tower
- Judges Lodging
- Constantius Chlorus
- The First Minster
- Is York Cursed?
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Basilica