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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The First Minster
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The New Theatre
- Alcuin of York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Debtors' Prison
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Viking Male Grooming
- York St John in the 20th Century
- A New Walk
- Anglian Carving
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- A Pipkin