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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- The Guildhall
- Ripon College for Women
- King Edward II and York
- Teaching the Poor
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Mithras and Arimanius
- New Earswick
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Debtors' Prison
- Rowntree Park
- St William's Shrine