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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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- 62 Low Petergate
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's Coat of Arms
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Sixties York
- The New Theatre
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Cawood Sword
- Anglian Cross
- Bootham Bar
- Rowntree Park
- Treasurer's House
- Clifford's Tower
- King Edward II and York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle