Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The First Railway Station
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Cawood Sword
- The Multangular Tower
- Fairfax House
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Council of Arles
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- King Edward II and York
- The First Minster
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Alcuin of York
- Rowntree Park
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- First World War York