Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- A New Walk
- A Pipkin
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- King Richard III and York
- York Art Gallery
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Barley Hall
- The Multangular Tower
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- St Crux's Church
- Gold Arm Ring
- The New Theatre
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Greyfriars
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Horn of Ulf