Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Central Library
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Hospitium
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Teaching the Poor
- Bone Trial Piece
- Bootham School
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Mary Ward
- Jubbergate
- The Assembly Rooms
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Mystery Plays
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Scarborough Bridge
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier