Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Viking Coins
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Is York Cursed?
- Anglian Cross
- The Assembly Rooms
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York's Airfield
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Statue of an Athlete
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Medieval Prisons
- Micklegate Bar
- The Shambles
- Vikings and Christianity