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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- John Carr - Architect
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Monk Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Debtors' Prison
- Is York Cursed?
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York Bombed
- Olive Oil Container
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Mary Ward
- Ripon College for Women
- Archbishop Scrope Executed