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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Jubbergate
- Monk Bar
- Inscription to Hecules
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Gold Finger Ring
- Bootham School
- King Richard III and York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Central Library
- John Carr - Architect
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York and the Holocaust
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The York Observatory