Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Church of St Helen
- Guy Fawkes
- Alcuin of York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York's Coat of Arms
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Guildhall
- Church of St Olave
- Medieval Prisons
- Anglian Cross
- Fishergate Bar
- York Art Gallery
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- King Edward III and York
- The Greyfriars
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa