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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Walmgate Bar
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The First Minster
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Mystery Plays
- New Earswick
- King Edward II and York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Lendal Tower
- York Art Gallery
- Mary Ward