Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Clifford's Tower
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York's Airfield
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Castle Museum
- Treasurer's House
- First World War York
- Barker Tower
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The New Theatre
- York and the Holocaust
- Vikings and Christianity
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Daniel Defoe's York
- John Carr - Architect
- Anglian Cross