Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- John Carr - Architect
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Norman House
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Church of St Helen
- De Grey Rooms
- The Debtors' Prison
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Richard III and York
- The Mansion House
- Monk Bar
- The Black Death
- The Cawood Sword
- Second World War York
- A New University
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York