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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York's Airfield
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Feeding Roman York
- Fire in the Minster
- Barley Hall
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- A New Vision For York
- Rowntree Park
- Norman Window Frame
- The White Rose of York
- Barker Tower
- Vikings and Christianity
- Church of St Olave
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Horn of Ulf
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head