Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- Sixties York
- Lendal Bridge
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Teaching the Poor
- King Edward II and York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- 62 Low Petergate
- St William's Shrine
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Second World War York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Medieval Abbey
- Margaret Clitherow
- Anglian Carving
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Council of Arles
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window