Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Basilica
- York Union Gas Works
- Ouse Bridge
- A Pipkin
- York Central Library
- The Railway Institute
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Bar Convent
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Rowntree Park
- Margaret Clitherow