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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Red Tower
- The Shambles
- Gold Arm Ring
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bronze weights
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York Bombed
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- St William's Shrine
- Gold Finger Ring
- Norman Window Frame
- Viking Boot