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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Multangular Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York's Airfield
- Treasurer's House
- The Cawood Sword
- The Medieval Abbey
- Constantius Chlorus
- Fishergate Bar
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Stonegate
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The 1190 Massacre
- Rowntree Park
- Holy Trinity Church
- Statue of Napoleon