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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York 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...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The County Court House
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Victoria Bar
- York Central Library
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Medieval Abbey
- Crest of York St John College
- Viking Coins
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Norman Abbey
- Ouse Bridge
- The Horn of Ulf
- Bootham Bar
- The George Fox Incident
- Roman Head Pot
- Archbishop Scrope Executed