Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Retreat
- Church of St Helen
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Fairfax House
- The Norman Minster
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Water Lanes
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Church of St Olave
- Ripon College for Women
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Council of Arles