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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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Ouse Bridge
- Military Belt Fitting
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Horn of Ulf
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Inscription to Hecules
- Lendal Bridge
- The Assembly Rooms
- Teaching the Poor