Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Margaret Clitherow
- Gold Finger Ring
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York Union Gas Works
- St Crux's Church
- Sixties York
- Micklegate Bar
- The Assembly Rooms
- Yorkshire Museum
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The York Helmet
- The York Observatory
- Teaching the Poor
- York's Coat of Arms
- Clifford's Tower
- Crest of York St John College
- Roman Head Pot